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HR 2853 114th Congress House Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Executive agency funding and structure Rural conditions and development Water quality Water resources funding Water use and supply

Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act

Introduced: June 23, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Jun 26, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Jun 23, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 23, 2015
Introduced in House
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Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2020 the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) program providing technical assistance to small public water systems in complying with national primary drinking water regulations.

The EPA may use the funds to provide grants or cooperative agreements to nonprofit organizations that provide onsite technical assistance; circuit-rider technical assistance programs; multistate, regional technical assistance programs; onsite and regional training; assistance with implementing source water protection plans; and assistance with implementation monitoring plans, rules, regulations, and water security enhancements.

In order to ensure that technical assistance funding is used in a manner that is most beneficial to the small and rural communities, the EPA must give preference to nonprofit organizations that are the most qualified and experienced and that the small community water systems find to be the most beneficial and effective.

What's happening now June 26, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
Love, Mia
· Oct 23, 2015
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Oct 23, 2015
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jun 23, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2853: Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2853/
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