To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance for States, territories, areas affected by natural disasters, and water systems and schools affected by PFAS or lead, and to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations for PFAS, microcystin toxin, and 1,4-dioxane, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance for States, territories, areas affected by natural disasters, and water systems and schools affected by PFAS or lead, and to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations for PFAS, microcystin toxin, and 1,4-dioxane, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Government Operations, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HE16643A2AC0F479D91D785CC4E27B6E6: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2024. The table of contents for this Act is as...
- Section HDEDB2172999F4044B6AFD27362232C37: 101. Drinking water system resilience funding Section 1433(g) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300i–2(g)) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking...
- Section H7C50A6C8D87D4D988C2DE43166FED59F: 102. Grants for State programs Section 1443(a)(7) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–2(a)(7)) is amended— by striking 125,000,000 and inserting...
- Section H23698FA514474BCF8C0C7734D169AA0E: 103. Assistance for disadvantaged communities Section 1452(d)(2)(A) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(d)(2)(A)) is amended by striking 35...
- Section H9FF68C0D20FF473C874CD009920B91CE: 104. Allotments for territories Section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(j)) is amended by striking 0.33 percent and inserting 1.5...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance for States, territories, areas affected by natural disasters, and water systems and schools affected by PFAS or lead, and to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations for PFAS, microcystin toxin, and 1,4-dioxane, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Government Operations, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance for States, territories, areas affected by natural disasters, and water systems and schools affected by PFAS or lead, and to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations for PFAS, microcystin toxin, and 1,4-dioxane, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Tonko (for himself and Mr. Pallone) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a household— that includes an individual who is— the holder of an account for drinking water service that is provided to that household by a community water system
an apparatus that— is connected to building plumbing
each of the following: A border State. A local government with jurisdiction over an eligible community. in subsection (b), by striking border State and inserting covered entity
a household— that includes an individual who is— the holder of an account for drinking water service that is provided to that household by a community water system
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