Congress 117 - HR 616 - Emergency Water is a Human Right Act

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Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Electric power generation and transmission Emergency medical services and trauma care Energy assistance for the poor and aged Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Low- and moderate-income housing Public utilities and utility rates Rural conditions and development Solid waste and recycling Water quality Water Resources Development Water resources funding Water use and supply

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Emergency Water is a Human Right Act

This bill creates a grant program, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, to provide funds to states and Indian tribes to assist low-income households that pay a high proportion of household income for drinking water and wastewater services. Further, any entity receiving financial assistance under this grant program must ensure that no home energy service or public water system service is or remains disconnected or interrupted during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

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Feb 2, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Jan 28, 2021

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Jan 28, 2021

Introduced in House

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