HR8254-119

In Committee

Water Access and Affordability Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 13, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Water Access and Affordability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Finance, Technology.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators 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 may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H0C58D19CB1E140909FB7C2FAB9132808: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Access and Affordability Act.
  • Section HB06560CAEB904B86A612D913835A3008: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Safe, accessible, and affordable drinking water is essential to the protection of public health. After 50 years, the...
  • Section HE63ED44E8D9C4C38AD55186D6DFEB2D1: 3. Low-income water assistance program In this section: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term area...
  • Section HF079C7AE3F9E41599767FC476855161D: 4. State revolving loan funds Section 1452(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(b)) is amended— in paragraph (1), by inserting in accordance...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Water Access and Affordability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Finance, Technology

Primary Purpose

This bill, Water Access and Affordability Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Finance Technology

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 13, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in …

Apr 13, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 13, 2026

Ms. Tlaib (for herself, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Deluzio, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Finance Technology
Actor Mappings
"administrator_of_epa"
→ Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services
"secretary_of_housing_and_urban_development"
→ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"low-income household" §HE63ED44E8D9C4C38AD55186D6DFEB2D1

a household— in which 1 or more individuals are receiving— assistance under a State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)

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