US Congress Senate Bill 4362 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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. Specifically, states and Indian tribes must provide payments to owners and operators of public water systems and wastewater treatment works to reduce rates charged to low-income households. Owners and operators must also conduct outreach activities to ensure that households are aware of the available rate reduction assistance. Further, any entity receiving financial assistance under this grant program must ensure that no home energy service, public water system service, or wastewater treatment works is or remains disconnected or interrupted during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency because of nonpayment.

Emergency Water and Energy is a Human Right Act

Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB6552 (Related) 2020-04-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4362/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4362/BILLS-116s4362is.pdf