To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to provide grants to units of local governments, drinking water systems, and federally recognized Indian Tribes for the replacement of lead, galvanized steel, and iron service lines and lead drinking water mains, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Creates an EPA grant program for local governments, public water systems, and tribes to replace lead, galvanized steel, and iron service lines and lead drinking water mains.
Who Benefits and How
Communities with aging drinking water infrastructure could gain grant funding to replace lead-related service lines and water mains without relying only on loans.
Who Bears the Burden and How
EPA would have to administer the new grant program, and funded construction work would have to comply with Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements.
Key Provisions
- Makes congressional findings supporting a dedicated grant-based response to lead service line replacement.
- Requires EPA to establish a grant program for eligible replacement and related planning costs.
- Defines eligible recipients and project costs, including lead service line inventories and site restoration.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates an EPA grant program for local governments, public water systems, and tribes to replace lead, galvanized steel, and iron service lines and lead drinking water mains.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Healthcare, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Creates an EPA grant program for local governments, public water systems, and tribes to replace lead, galvanized steel, and iron service lines and lead drinking water mains.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Communities and water systems seeking grant funding for lead-related drinking water infrastructure replacement
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- EPA administrators and funded projects subject to new program administration and labor requirements
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Krishnamoorthi introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
EPA officials responsible for administering the new infrastructure grant program
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "the_secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
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