HR 6552
116th Congress
House
Water Resources Development
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Emergency Water is a Human Right Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 20, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Apr 17, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Apr 17, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Emergency Water is a Human Right Act
This bill creates a grant program, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, to provide funds to states and Indian tribes to assist low-income households that pay a high proportion of household income for drinking water and wastewater services. Further, any entity receiving financial assistance under this grant program must ensure that no home energy service or public water system service is or remains disconnected or interrupted during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.