Last progress May 13, 2025 (6 months ago)
Introduced on May 13, 2025 by Bernard Sanders
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
This bill puts major, steady funding into clean water and sewer systems so families can have safe, affordable water. Each year, it sends about $17.2B for clean water programs and $16.2B for drinking water, with money that stays available until used. It also funds rural water projects and Tribal water and sanitation needs, including about $525M yearly for rural communities and $1.05B for Indian Health Service water and sanitation facilities .
It helps replace lead service lines at no cost to property owners, upgrades systems dealing with PFAS “forever chemicals,” and provides filtration help for contaminated household wells. In schools, grants can replace or fix drinking fountains and bottle fillers and pay for lead testing and reporting. The bill also studies water affordability and shutoffs, who is most affected, and possible discrimination in funding, with a report due in one year. It encourages public input when water systems combine across regions .
It lets states use funds to buy private water or wastewater systems or end privatization contracts when needed. More aid must go to harder-hit or smaller communities, boosting loan subsidies to at least half the state support when there are enough applications. It bars funding projects that mainly benefit new subdivisions. Construction projects follow prevailing wage rules and can use project labor agreements to support safe, on-time work .
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