Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019 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.
AppropriationsBuy American requirementsChild care and developmentCongressional oversightEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationEnvironmental regulatory proceduresGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesLabor-management relationsMetalsPublic contracts and procurementPublic participation and lobbyingPublic utilities and utility ratesRacial and ethnic relationsRural conditions and developmentSolid waste and recyclingState and local financeWater qualityWater resources fundingWater use and supply
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-611| Senate
| Updated: 2/28/2019
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019 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.
AppropriationsBuy American requirementsChild care and developmentCongressional oversightEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationEnvironmental regulatory proceduresGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesLabor-management relationsMetalsPublic contracts and procurementPublic participation and lobbyingPublic utilities and utility ratesRacial and ethnic relationsRural conditions and developmentSolid waste and recyclingState and local financeWater qualityWater resources fundingWater use and supply