Water Emergency and Technical Assistance Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Jul 14, 2026
What it does
The Water Emergency and Technical Assistance Act would amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize and increase funding for emergency technical assistance, raising the annual authorization from $35 million to $50 million for fiscal years 2027 through 2031, and would add a new provision allowing consideration of economic feasibility for ratepayers in emergency response decisions. It would also amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize new emergency technical assistance and grants for publicly owned treatment works, including responses to cybersecurity-related emergencies, with $50 million authorized annually for fiscal years 2027 through 2031. The bill affects states,…
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Where it stands
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Who is involved
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Where it goes next
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