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

Bill: 109-s-1409
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2005-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Alaska
Authorization
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to water pollution control
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Indigenous peoples
Infrastructure
Minorities
Potable water
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: 
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to: (1) increase from 50 to 75 percent the federal share of water sanitation programs in Alaskan rural and Native villages; and (2) increase and extend the authorization of appropriations for such programs through FY2010.

action_date: 2005-10-24
text: 
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to: (1) increase and extend 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) impose certain requirements on Alaska for receiving grants; (3) require Alaska to report to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on project goals and expenditures for the grant program; and (4) require the Administrator to make recommendations to Alaska for addressing any deficiencies in the administration of the grant program.

action_date: 2006-09-30
text: 
Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 to: (1) increase and extend through FY 2009 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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2006-11-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
action_date: 2006-11-09
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2006-11-09
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2006-10-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 9/29/2006 S10796)
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR 9/29/2006 S10796)
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 9/29/2006 S10795-10796)
action_date: 2005-10-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 255.
action_date: 2005-10-24
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-159.
action_date: 2005-10-24
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-159.
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8326)
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8326)
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate