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HR 6418 114th Congress House

Drinking Water Affordability Act of 2016

Official title: To amend certain provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 1, 2016 Introduced by: Latta, Robert E. Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov
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 Latest action December 1, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Drinking Water Affordability Act of 2016

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise requirements concerning national primary drinking water regulations, including by:

  • removing a requirement that the Environmental Protection Agency maintain, or provide greater, protection of human health when revising those regulations;
  • extending the repayment schedule for loans from the drinking water state revolving funds (SRF);
  • removing certain SRF matching fund requirement for states;
  • authorizing states to protect public drinking water source areas; and
  • removing federal reporting requirements if state or local requirements are at least equally stringent as federal requirements.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6418: Drinking Water Affordability Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6418/
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"H.R. 6418: Drinking Water Affordability Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6418/.
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H.R. 6418, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6418/.
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