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The bill clarifies and modernizes program eligibility, funding pathways, and SDWA authority to improve water infrastructure and protections, but the same statutory changes risk narrowing who receives help, raising costs and administrative burdens, and potentially weakening protections for some communities.
Local and state governments, utilities, and rural communities could gain clearer and more predictable eligibility and funding pathways for the Clean Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program, increasing access to federal support for projects.
Local governments and water utilities could receive clearer or updated regulatory authority and compliance standards under SDWA section 1459A(l), which could strengthen drinking water protections for communities.
Modernizing statutory technical and funding provisions could enable improved infrastructure upgrades and resilience projects for public water systems.
Changing statutory rules could narrow who qualifies for program assistance, leaving some local governments and rural or disadvantaged communities without expected funding or support.
If the amendment narrows EPA authority or reduces protections, communities with aging systems could face increased public-health risks from degraded drinking water quality.
Tighter or new compliance requirements could raise costs for water utilities, which may be passed to customers as higher water rates affecting homeowners and renters.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Strikes and replaces specific Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Act subsections to revise statutory rules for resilience and sustainability programs.
Makes targeted changes to federal water infrastructure law by replacing and rewriting specific subsections of the Clean Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program and multiple provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The bill updates statutory text that governs program rules, eligibility or requirements for drinking water and wastewater resilience and sustainability programs, but the excerpted text does not show the new language or funding levels, so the precise policy effects are not determinable from the provided material. Because the bill substitutes new text into existing statutes rather than adding entirely new programs in the excerpt, the practical effects will depend on the replacement language (for example, whether it expands or narrows eligibility, changes grant terms, or alters reporting and compliance obligations). The amendment locations indicate the bill focuses on federal support and regulatory language for resilient and sustainable water systems.
Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize certain programs for water infrastructure resilience and sustainability, and for other purposes.
Introduced September 26, 2025 by Salud Carbajal · Last progress September 26, 2025