UPGRADE Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill expands Safe Drinking Water Act assistance for small and disadvantaged communities by allowing a State to apply on behalf of underserved or unincorporated communities.
Who Benefits and How
Underserved and unincorporated communities could gain improved access to drinking water assistance through State-sponsored applications.
Who Bears the Burden and How
States would take on additional responsibility for identifying qualifying communities and applying for drinking water assistance on their behalf.
Key Provisions
- Provides the short title for the UPGRADE Act of 2025.
- Allows States to seek Safe Drinking Water Act assistance on behalf of underserved or unincorporated communities.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill expands Safe Drinking Water Act assistance for small and disadvantaged communities by allowing a State to apply on behalf of underserved or unincorporated communities.
Key Policy Areas
Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill expands Safe Drinking Water Act assistance for small and disadvantaged communities by allowing a State to apply on behalf of underserved or unincorporated communities.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Underserved and unincorporated communities seeking drinking water assistance
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- States applying for and administering expanded small-community drinking water assistance
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …
Introduced in Senate
Ms. Blunt Rochester (for herself and Mr. Wicker) introduced the …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Underserved and unincorporated communities made newly reachable through State-sponsored drinking water assistance applications
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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