US Congress Senate Bill 864 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-04-01 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 340.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act - Calls for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prioritize the types of technical assistance to enable small public water systems to comply with national primary drinking water regulations that are the most beneficial to small and rural communities, based on their input. Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) authorize appropriations to the Administrator of EPA for FY2014-FY2019 for such assistance; and (2) allow the Administrator to use such funds to provide grants or cooperative agreements to nonprofit organizations that provide to small public water systems onsite technical assistance, circuit-rider and multistate regional technical assistance programs, onsite and regional training, assistance with implementing source water protection plans, and assistance with implementing monitoring plans, rules, regulations, and water security enhancements. Directs the Administrator to give preference to nonprofit organizations that are determined to be the most qualified and experienced and that the small community water systems find to be the most beneficial and effective. Prohibits the use of such grants or cooperative agreements under the Act's research and technical assistance provisions for citizens' civil actions.

Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]	Sen. Max Baucus [D-MT]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]
Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-01	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 340.
2014-04-01	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-142.
2014-02-06	Senate	Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2013-05-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB654 (Related) 2013-02-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/864/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s864/BILLS-113s864is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s864/BILLS-113s864rs.pdf