S. 199: 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.

110th Congress · introduced 2007-01-08 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1037.

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-01-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1037. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

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.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to: (1) increase and extend through FY2010 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, establishing long-term goals for the grant program, and carrying out regular reviews of grantees to determine if the stated scope and goals of each grant are being met; (3) require Alaska to report to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annually on project goals and expenditures for the grant program; (4) direct the Administrator to require Alaska to correct any deficiencies identified in the report; (5) require the Administrator and Alaska to reach an agreement on a deadline for making such corrections; and (6) prohibit expenditures for projects for which any such deficiencies are not corrected by the deadline or for which a deadline agreement has not been reached.

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Official text

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.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)

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Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 199, 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 (2008-08-07); CBO cost estimate: S. 199, 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 (2008-08-07)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] reported raising $1.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s199.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>

Record fed-us-cong110-s199 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110