S. 611 · 114th Congress
Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
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Donnelly15 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
- Senate Introduced Feb 27, 2015
- Senate Passed Jun 9, 2015
- House Passed Nov 30, 2015
- President To the President Dec 2, 2015
- President Signed Dec 11, 2015
- Law Dec 11, 2015
Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 11, 2015
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
(Sec. 4) This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2020 the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) program providing technical assistance to small public water systems in complying with national primary drinking water regulations.
The EPA may use the funds to provide grants or cooperative agreements to nonprofit organizations that provide onsite technical assistance; circuit-rider technical assistance programs; multistate, regional technical assistance programs; onsite and regional training; assistance with implementing source water protection plans; and assistance with implementation monitoring plans, rules, regulations, and water security enhancements. Those grants and cooperative agreements may not be used for citizen suits brought under that Act.
In order to ensure that technical assistance funding is used in a manner that is most beneficial to the small and rural communities, the EPA must give preference to nonprofit organizations that are the most qualified and experienced and that the small community water systems find to be the most beneficial and effective.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
Latest action (Dec 11, 2015): Became Public Law No: 114-98.
Policy area: Environmental Protection · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 27, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Feb 27, 2015
- Senate Passed Jun 9, 2015
- House Passed Nov 30, 2015
- President To the President Dec 2, 2015
- President Signed Dec 11, 2015
- Law Dec 11, 2015
No recorded floor vote found.