Families of Flint Act
Latest action · Feb 9, 2016 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H598)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Families of Flint Act
This bill provides support for Flint, Michigan in addressing lead in the city's drinking water and related issues.
The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by establishing a 10-year grant program to ensure that Flint's drinking water does not contain: (1) lead levels that threaten public health or the environment, or (2) other drinking water contaminants and pathogens that threaten public health. The bill also establishes specified grant programs for assisting Flint that are established within the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Education, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, by allowing states to use more than 20% of funds from Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants for addressing a threat to public health from heightened exposure to lead in a municipal drinking water supply if a federal or state emergency declaration has been issued for that threat.
HHS must establish in Flint a Center of Excellence on Lead Exposure.
The bill amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the allowable participation period in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children for children residing in areas that are in a state of emergency. A state may elect to allow those children to participate in the program for a period that ends on the earlier of: (1) the child's tenth birthday (currently fifth), or (2) five years after the emergency (currently children may participate for a one-year period).
Cosponsors 173
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2016 to Sep 9, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Feb 11, 2016 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Feb 11, 2016 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Feb 11, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Feb 11, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Feb 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Mar 3, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Mar 21, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Mar 21, 2016 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Mar 21, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Mar 21, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 21, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 21, 2016 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Filemon Vela | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 24, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | May 24, 2016 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Jun 15, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Jun 15, 2016 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Jun 15, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jun 15, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 16, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 21, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jul 7, 2016 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jul 11, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Jul 13, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Sep 9, 2016 |
Committees 5
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2016 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Feb 5, 2016 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2016 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Feb 5, 2016 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2016 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2016 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Feb 4, 2016 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2016Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H598)
- Feb 5, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
- Feb 5, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Feb 4, 2016Introduced in House
- Feb 4, 2016Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 11
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1401 | Suzanne Bonamici D-OR | Sep 29, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5171, H5172, H5202 | Barbara Lee D-CA, Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL, Jared Huffman D-CA | Sep 8, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5114 | James P. McGovern D-MA | Sep 7, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3740 | Donald M. Payne, Jr. D-NJ | Jun 13, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2984 | Daniel T. Kildee D-MI, Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY | May 24, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 21, February 4, 2016, page H591.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44304 | Housing Issues in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Feb 21, 2017 |
| R44232 | Creating a Federal Advisory Committee in the Executive Branch Archived | Report | Dec 9, 2016 |
| IF10474 | WRDA 2016: Infrastructure, Lead, and Other Safe Drinking Water Act Provisions in H.R. 5303 and S. 2848 Archived | Resource | Oct 18, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide emergency assistance related to the Flint water crisis, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Families of Flint Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Advisory bodies
- Appropriations
- Child care and development
- Congressional oversight
- Economic development
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Food assistance and relief
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health information and medical records
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Housing and community development funding
- Juvenile crime and gang violence
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Medical research
- Mental health
- Michigan
- Nutrition and diet
- Special education
- State and local finance
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 4, 2016Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
