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Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Act

Introduced: December 6, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 18, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 555.
Dec 18, 2020
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Dec 18, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-671, Part I.
Feb 12, 2020
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Feb 12, 2020
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 12, 2020
Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
Jan 28, 2020
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan 2, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Dec 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Dec 6, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 6, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Act

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish a Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program. Under the program, Interior must provide grants to assist communities that have experienced a significant decline in quantity or quality of drinking water in obtaining or maintaining adequate quantities of water that meet drinking water quality standards. Specifically, grants must be provided to communities that are unable to meet primary drinking water quality standards or to communities with water supplies that have been lost or severely diminished due to drought conditions, groundwater overdraft conditions, or climate change conditions. Grants must benefit communities with a median household income below a certain threshold located in a city, town, or special district with a population of no more than 60,000 residents.

What's happening now December 18, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 555.

 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Costa, Jim
California · Dec 6, 2019
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Harder, Josh
California · Dec 6, 2019
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Huffman, Jared
California · Dec 6, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5347: Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5347/
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"H.R. 5347: Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5347/.
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