Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Programs Act of 2019

United States116th CongressS-2687Senate
Latest legislative activity: Oct 23, 2019

Summary

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Low-Income Water Customer Assistance Programs Act of 2019

This bill addresses the access of low-income households to drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater services.

Specifically, the bill establishes new pilot programs that award grants to help low-income households pay their drinking water, wastewater, or stormwater bills.

In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency must study the prevalence of low-income households that do not have access to

  • affordable, functional wastewater services that protect the health of individuals in the households;
  • affordable municipal stormwater services; or
  • affordable public drinking water services.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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