H.R. 6418 · 114th Congress
Drinking Water Affordability Act of 2016
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Robert Latta
- Introduced
- 2016-12-01
- Latest action
- 2016-12-01 · Introduced in House
Summary
Drinking Water Affordability Act of 2016
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise requirements concerning national primary drinking water regulations, including by:
removing a requirement that the Environmental Protection Agency maintain, or provide greater, protection of human health when revising those regulations; extending the repayment schedule for loans from the drinking water state revolving funds (SRF); removing certain SRF matching fund requirement for states; authorizing states to protect public drinking water source areas; and removing federal reporting requirements if state or local requirements are at least equally stringent as federal requirements.