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A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Amendments of 1996 to modify the grant program to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in the State of Alaska.

1/8/2007--Introduced.

Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to: (1) increase and extend through FY 2010 the authorization of appropriations for grants to Alaska to build public water and wastewater systems to improve health and sanitation in rural and Native villages; (2) condition grants on Alaska requiring applicants to identify a project's scope and goals; (3) require Alaska to report to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annually on project goals and expenditures for the grant program; and (4) direct the Administrator to require Alaska to correct any deficiencies identified in the report; and (5) prohibit expenditures for projects for which any such deficiencies are not corrected by the agreed upon deadline or for which a deadline agreement has not been reached.



Latest Actions
  • 01/08/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S239)
  • 01/08/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S238-239)
Bill Text
File name Last Updated
S.199 Introduced in Senate08/31/2007

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