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Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021

Introduced: March 23, 2021 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 23, 2021
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Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021

This bill provides funding for several programs related to controlling water pollution or protecting drinking water, revises requirements concerning the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF, and creates or reauthorizes several grant programs for water infrastructure. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency must establish a grant program for repairing, replacing, or upgrading septic tanks and drainage fields. In addition, the bill makes permanent a grant program for household water well systems in rural areas. It also increases the amount of appropriations for grant programs, including a program that awards grants to prevent lead from contaminating drinking water fountains in schools and day care facilities.

What's happening now March 23, 2021

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

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 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Mar 24, 2022
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jun 24, 2021
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 25, 2021
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Mar 25, 2021
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 25, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 916: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-916/
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"S. 916: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-916/.
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S. 916, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-916/.
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