Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
Latest action · Dec 11, 2015 Became Public Law No: 114-98.
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 27, 2015
- Passed SenateJun 9, 2015
- Passed HouseNov 30, 2015
- To the PresidentDec 2, 2015
- Became lawDec 11, 2015Public Law 114-98
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
(Sec. 4) This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2020 the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) program providing technical assistance to small public water systems in complying with national primary drinking water regulations.
The EPA may use the funds to provide grants or cooperative agreements to nonprofit organizations that provide onsite technical assistance; circuit-rider technical assistance programs; multistate, regional technical assistance programs; onsite and regional training; assistance with implementing source water protection plans; and assistance with implementation monitoring plans, rules, regulations, and water security enhancements. Those grants and cooperative agreements may not be used for citizen suits brought under that Act.
In order to ensure that technical assistance funding is used in a manner that is most beneficial to the small and rural communities, the EPA must give preference to nonprofit organizations that are the most qualified and experienced and that the small community water systems find to be the most beneficial and effective.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2015 to May 5, 2015; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Feb 27, 2015 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Apr 13, 2015 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Apr 15, 2015 | |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | May 5, 2015 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2015Markup Apr 29, 2015Reported May 18, 2015 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 11, 2015Markup Nov 18, 2015Reported Nov 19, 2015 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jun 12, 2015Hearings Oct 22, 2015Markup Oct 28, 2015Reported Oct 28, 2015 |
Actions 26
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2015Signed by President.
- Dec 11, 2015Became Public Law No: 114-98.
- Dec 2, 2015Presented to President.
- Nov 30, 2015Mr. Shimkus moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Nov 30, 2015Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8418-8420)
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8418–H8420Text printed H8418 | Gregg Harper R-MS, John P. Sarbanes D-MD, John Shimkus R-IL, Paul Tonko D-NY | Nov 30, 2015 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3975Text printed S3975 | John Barrasso R-WY | Jun 9, 2015 |
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.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Dec 1, 2015S. 611, Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance ActReported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 19, 2015
- May 8, 2015S. 611, Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on April 29, 2015
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-348 | THE FEDERAL ROLE IN KEEPING WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE AFFORDABLE227 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Apr 7, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-96 | UPDATE ON LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUES92 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Oct 28, 2015 |
| Serial No. 114-89 | TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL WATER SYSTEMS: S. 611, THE GRASSROOTS RURAL AND SMALL COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS ASSISTANCE ACT57 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Oct 22, 2015 |
| S. Hrg. 114-225 | BUSINESS MEETING395 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Apr 28, 2015–Apr 29, 2015 |
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45046 | Congress and the War in Yemen: Oversight and Legislation 2015-2021 Archived | Report | Feb 10, 2022 |
| RL31243 | Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA): A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements | Report | Jul 1, 2021 |
| R45304 | Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF): Overview, Issues, and Legislation Archived | Report | Oct 2, 2018 |
| IF10471 | WRDA Legislation in the 114th Congress: Clean Water Act and Infrastructure Financing Provisions in S. 2848 and WIIN Archived | Resource | Jan 6, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2853 | Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act | Identical bill | Jun 26, 2015 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize technical assistance to small public water systems, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 6
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Nov 19, 2015Reported in House
- Jun 10, 2015Referred in House
- Jun 9, 2015Engrossed in Senate
- May 18, 2015Reported to Senate
- Feb 27, 2015Introduced in Senate
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.
