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.

Bill: 110-s-199
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2007-01-08 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: 2007-01-08
text: 
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; (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.

action_date: 2008-09-22
text: 

(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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1037.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 110-476.
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer without amendment. With written report No. 110-476.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2007-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S238-239)
action_date: 2007-01-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S239)
action_date: 2007-01-08
text: Introduced in Senate