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Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Programs Act of 2019

Introduced: October 23, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Oct 23, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Oct 23, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Programs Act of 2019

This bill addresses the access of low-income households to drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater services.

Specifically, the bill establishes new pilot programs that award grants to help low-income households pay their drinking water, wastewater, or stormwater bills.

In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency must study the prevalence of low-income households that do not have access to

  • affordable, functional wastewater services that protect the health of individuals in the households;
  • affordable municipal stormwater services; or
  • affordable public drinking water services.
What's happening now October 23, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4832 Identical bill Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Programs Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Oct 23, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2687: Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Programs Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2687/
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"S. 2687: Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Programs Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2687/.
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S. 2687, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2687/.
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