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 |
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 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2884 | Daniel T. Kildee D-MI | May 23, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2390 | Daniel T. Kildee D-MI | May 16, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2163 | Daniel T. Kildee D-MI | May 10, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2074 | Brian Higgins D-NY | Apr 28, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1948 | Daniel T. Kildee D-MI | Apr 26, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H598 | Daniel T. Kildee D-MI | Feb 9, 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
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