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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4733 
To authorize the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2025 
Mr. SORENSEN (for himself, Mr. BRESNAHAN, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. LAWLER, 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Low-Income Household Water Assistance 
Program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Low-Income House-
hold Water Assistance Program Establishment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD WATER ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) 
HOUSEHOLD.—The 
term 
‘‘household’’ 
means any individual or group of individuals who 
are living together as 1 economic unit. 
(3) 
LOW-INCOME
HOUSEHOLD.—The 
term 
‘‘low-income household’’ means a household— 
(A) in which 1 or more individuals are re-
ceiving— 
(i) assistance under the State pro-
gram funded under part A of title IV of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.); 
(ii) supplemental security income pay-
ments under title XVI of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.); 
(iii) supplemental nutrition assistance 
program benefits under the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.); 
(iv) payments under— 
(I) section 1315, 1521, 1541, or 
1542 of title 38, United States Code; 
or 
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(II) section 306 of the Veterans’ 
and Survivors’ Pension Improvement 
Act of 1978 (38 U.S.C. 1521 note; 
Public Law 95–588); or 
(v) assistance under the Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 
U.S.C. 8621 et seq.); or 
(B) that has a household income that, as 
determined by the State or Indian tribe, does 
not exceed the greater of— 
(i) an amount equal to 150 percent of 
the poverty level; 
(ii) an amount equal to 60 percent of 
the State median income for that State or 
the State in which the Indian tribe is pri-
marily located; or 
(iii) an amount equal to 60 percent of 
the area median income for the area in 
which the household is located. 
(4) POVERTY
LEVEL.—The term ‘‘poverty 
level’’ means the poverty line determined pursuant 
to section 673 of the Community Services Block 
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902). 
(5) PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘public 
water system’’ has the meaning given the term in 
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section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300f). 
(6) QUALIFIED
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘‘qualified nonprofit organization’’ includes 
a nonprofit organization described in section 
680(a)(3)(B) of the Community Services Block 
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9921(a)(3)(B)). 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States 
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
(9) TREATMENT WORKS.—The term ‘‘treatment 
works’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1292). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator, shall establish the Low- 
Income Household Water Assistance Program to 
award grants, in accordance with paragraph (3), to 
eligible entities described in paragraph (2) to provide 
funds to owners and operators of public water sys-
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tems or treatment works to assist low-income house-
holds in paying arrearages and other rates charged 
to such households for drinking water or wastewater 
services. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An eligible entity de-
scribed in this paragraph is a State, or Indian tribe, 
that is eligible to receive or previously received a 
grant under the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.). 
(3) FORMULA.—In awarding grants under this 
subsection to eligible entities, the Secretary shall— 
(A) allot amounts made available for 
grants under this subsection to an eligible enti-
ty that is a State or Indian tribe based on— 
(i) the percentage of households in the 
State, or under the jurisdiction of the In-
dian tribe, with income equal to or less 
than 150 percent of the poverty level; or 
(ii) the percentage of households in 
the State, or under the jurisdiction of the 
Indian tribe, that spend more than 30 per-
cent of monthly income on housing; and 
(B) reserve up to 3 percent of amounts 
made available for grants under this subsection 
to eligible entities that are Indian tribes. 
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(c) RURAL, UNDERSERVED, AND INDIAN TRIBE AC-
CESS GRANTS.—The Secretary shall provide grants to 
qualified nonprofit organizations to assist owners or oper-
ators of public water systems or treatment works, in rural 
or underserved areas or in the jurisdiction of an Indian 
tribe, in accessing funds through the Low-Income House-
hold Water Assistance Program. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.—Each eligible entity seeking a 
grant under subsection (b), and qualified nonprofit organi-
zation seeking a grant under subsection (c), shall submit 
an application to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
shall require. 
(e) LIMITATIONS.—A recipient of a grant under sub-
section (b) or (c)— 
(1) shall not use the funds from the grant to 
supplant any other funds for any program that as-
sists low-income households in maintaining access to 
affordable drinking water or wastewater services; 
and 
(2) may use the funds from the grant to supple-
ment or otherwise enhance any such program that 
satisfies the requirements under this section. 
(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR ELIGIBILITY RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall provide technical as-
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sistance to the recipients of grants under this section for 
such recipients to establish data sharing agreements to 
streamline categorical eligibility requirements for low-in-
come households. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 
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