HR 5006 · 96th Congress · Water Resources Development

A bill to provide assistance to rural water systems in achieving compliance with title XIV of the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced 1979-07-30· Sponsored by Rep. Abdnor, James [R-SD-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1979-07-30)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Title I: Amendments to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to any water system to enable it to comply with any national primary drinking water regulation, schedule, or other requirement with which it does not currently comply, and to assist such water system to serve its users at a reasonable user rate. Authorizes grants to any association with the legal authority to construct, operate, and maintain a water system in order to construct a proposed water system to comply with such regulations, when such association has been notified by the Environmental Protection Agency that the current drinking water supply of any potential user of such proposed system would not comply with such regulations. Limits the amount of any such grant, in most cases, to that portion (not to exceed 90 percent) of the cost of constructing, installing, operating, or maintaining treatment facilities and equipment necessary to achieve compliance, which cannot be paid through reasonable user rates over a reasonable period of time. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to any water syste…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

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1 Democrat