Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act of 2021

United States117th CongressS-421Senate
Updated: Apr 28, 2021

Summary

Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act of 2021 This bill reauthorizes through FY2024, and expands, the Indian Reservation Drinking Water Program. Specifically, the bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to connect, expand, or repair existing public water systems that are on Indian reservations or off-reservation sites that serve tribes in the Columbia River Basin or its adjacent coastal river basins. Currently, only projects that are on Indian reservations in the Upper Missouri River Basin or the Upper Rio Grande Basin are eligible for the program.

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  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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  2. Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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  3. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 51.

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  4. Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 117-17.

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