HR 6418
114th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
State and local finance
Water quality
Water use and supply
Drinking Water Affordability Act of 2016
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 1, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 1, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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