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S. 611: Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act

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S. 611: Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-27 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Became Public Law No: 114-98.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 114-98. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act (Sec. 4) This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2020 the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) program providing technical assistance to small public water systems in complying with national primary drinking water regulations. The EPA may use the funds to provide grants or cooperative agreements to nonprofit organizations that provide onsite technical assistance; circuit-rider technical assistance programs; multistate, regional technical assistance programs; onsite and regional training; assistance with implementing source water protection plans; and assistance with implementation monitoring plans, rules, regulations, and water security enhancements. Those grants and cooperative agreements may not be used for citizen suits brought under that Act. In order to ensure that technical assistance funding is used in a manner that is most beneficial to the small and rural communities, the EPA must give preference to nonprofit organizations that are the most qualified and experienced and that the small community water systems find to be the most beneficial and effective.

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Official text

Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · 19 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 611, Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act (2015-05-08); CBO cost estimate: S. 611, Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act (2015-12-01)

Cosponsors on this site

John Boozman (R-AR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), James E. Risch (R-ID), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Barrasso (R-WY), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] reported raising $306,823 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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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).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
Securities
Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-s611 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114