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S 199 110th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Alaska Authorization Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to water pollution control Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Indigenous peoples Infrastructure Minorities Potable water Waste water treatment Water Resources Development Water supply

A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Amendments of 1996 to modify the grant program to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in the State of Alaska.

Introduced: January 8, 2007 Introduced by: Murkowski, Lisa Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Passed House
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Became law
Sep 22, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1037.
Sep 22, 2008
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 110-476.
Jul 31, 2008
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jan 8, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S238-239)
Jan 8, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S239)
Jan 8, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to: (1) increase and extend through FY2010 the authorization of appropriations for grants to Alaska to build public water and wastewater systems to improve health and sanitation in rural and Native villages; (2) condition grants on Alaska requiring applicants to identify a project's scope and goals, establishing long-term goals for the grant program, and carrying out regular reviews of grantees to determine if the stated scope and goals of each grant are being met; (3) require Alaska to report to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annually on project goals and expenditures for the grant program; (4) direct the Administrator to require Alaska to correct any deficiencies identified in the report; (5) require the Administrator and Alaska to reach an agreement on a deadline for making such corrections; and (6) prohibit expenditures for projects for which any such deficiencies are not corrected by the deadline or for which a deadline agreement has not been reached.

What's happening now September 22, 2008

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1037.

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