Emergency Water is a Human Right Act
USA116th CongressHR-6552| House
| Updated: 4/20/2020
Rashida Tlaib
Democratic Representative
Michigan
Cosponsors (68)
Tim Ryan (Democratic)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Sylvia R. Garcia (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Abigail Davis Spanberger (Democratic)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)David J. Trone (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Debra A. Haaland (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Andy Levin (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Debbie Dingell (Democratic)Katherine M. Clark (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Haley M. Stevens (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Danny K. Davis (Democratic)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)John B. Larson (Democratic)Harley Rouda (Democratic)Jahana Hayes (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Mary Gay Scanlon (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)Lois Frankel (Democratic)Diana DeGette (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Elissa Slotkin (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Linda T. Sánchez (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democratic)Donna E. Shalala (Democratic)Grace Meng (Democratic)Cheri Bustos (Democratic)Ayanna Pressley (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Veronica Escobar (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Susan Wild (Democratic)
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
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- In Committee
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Emergency Water is a Human Right Act This bill 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. Further, any entity receiving financial assistance under this grant program must ensure that no home energy service or public water system service is or remains disconnected or interrupted during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Water Resources Development
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightElectric power generation and transmissionEmergency medical services and trauma careEnergy assistance for the poor and agedIndian social and development programsInfectious and parasitic diseasesLow- and moderate-income housingPublic utilities and utility ratesRural conditions and developmentSolid waste and recyclingWater qualityWater resources fundingWater use and supply
Emergency Water is a Human Right Act
USA116th CongressHR-6552| House
| Updated: 4/20/2020
Emergency Water is a Human Right Act This bill 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. Further, any entity receiving financial assistance under this grant program must ensure that no home energy service or public water system service is or remains disconnected or interrupted during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Rashida Tlaib
Democratic Representative
Michigan
Cosponsors (68)
Tim Ryan (Democratic)Marcy Kaptur (Democratic)Sylvia R. Garcia (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Abigail Davis Spanberger (Democratic)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)David J. Trone (Democratic)Jackie Speier (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Debra A. Haaland (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Andy Levin (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Debbie Dingell (Democratic)Katherine M. Clark (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Tony Cárdenas (Democratic)Thomas R. Suozzi (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Haley M. Stevens (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Danny K. Davis (Democratic)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)A. Donald McEachin (Democratic)Ann M. Kuster (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)John B. Larson (Democratic)Harley Rouda (Democratic)Jahana Hayes (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Alma S. Adams (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Kathy Castor (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Mary Gay Scanlon (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Joe Neguse (Democratic)Lois Frankel (Democratic)Diana DeGette (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Jerry McNerney (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Earl Blumenauer (Democratic)Elissa Slotkin (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Linda T. Sánchez (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democratic)Donna E. Shalala (Democratic)Grace Meng (Democratic)Cheri Bustos (Democratic)Ayanna Pressley (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Veronica Escobar (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Susan Wild (Democratic)
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
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Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightElectric power generation and transmissionEmergency medical services and trauma careEnergy assistance for the poor and agedIndian social and development programsInfectious and parasitic diseasesLow- and moderate-income housingPublic utilities and utility ratesRural conditions and developmentSolid waste and recyclingWater qualityWater resources fundingWater use and supply