H.R. 616
Referred to CommitteeEmergency Water is a Human Right Act
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
2/2/2021 • House
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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.
Introduced in House • 1/28/2021
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January 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.
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