S. 2969: Rural Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-05-24 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Where it came from: introduced 2018-05-24 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Rural Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2018

Plain summary

Rural Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2018 This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Department of Agriculture Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program. (The program provides funding for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage to households and businesses in rural areas.) The bill modifies the program to: increase from $100,000 to $200,000 the maximum amount of financing from a revolving loan fund that may be made available to an entity for water and wastewater projects, authorize loans for local utilities with experience delivering water or wastewater programs to provide service to unserved and underserved rural communities, increase the population ceiling that applies to certain loans, and provide mandatory funding for applications that are pending when this bill is enacted.

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Rural Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · 1 cosponsors

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Tina Smith (D-MN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] reported raising $3.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s2969.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s2969 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115