H.R. 8018 · 117th Congress
Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Chellie Pingree
- Introduced
- 2022-06-09
- Latest action
- 2022-06-30 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Summary
Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act or the Healthy H2O Act
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a clean drinking water program to provide grants for water quality testing and for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of point-of use and point-of-entry water filtration systems that remove or significantly reduce contaminants in drinking water. Grants may be given to rural end users (such as homeowners), nonprofit organizations, and government entities.