SRES355-118

In Committee

Recognizing the critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and affirming the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure such water access.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 21, 2023

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, Recognizing the critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and affirming the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure such water access., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities. The main policy domain is Civil Rights, Healthcare, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities 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, civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: That— it is the sense of the Senate that— access to reliable, clean drinking water is an essential human need, and such access on Federal Indian reservations,...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Recognizing the critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and affirming the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure such water access., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.

Key Policy Areas

Civil Rights, Healthcare, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, Recognizing the critical importance of access to reliable, clean drinking water for Native Americans and affirming the responsibility of the Federal Government to ensure such water access., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities.

Policy Domains

Civil Rights Healthcare Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
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civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities
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federal implementing agencies:
civil-rights stakeholders and affected communities:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 21, 2023

Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Wyden, …

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
Civil Rights Healthcare Finance
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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