Families of Flint Act

Bill: 114-hr-4479
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2016-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental health
Food assistance and relief
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Housing and community development funding
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical research
Mental health
Michigan
Nutrition and diet
Special education
State and local finance
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: 

Families of Flint Act

 
This bill provides support for Flint, Michigan in addressing lead in the city's drinking water and related issues.
 
The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by establishing a 10-year grant program to ensure that Flint's drinking water does not contain: (1) lead levels that threaten public health or the environment, or (2) other drinking water contaminants and pathogens that threaten public health. The bill also establishes specified grant programs for assisting Flint that are established within the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Education, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
 
The bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, by allowing states to use more than 20% of funds from Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants for addressing a threat to public health from heightened exposure to lead in a municipal drinking water supply if a federal or state emergency declaration has been issued for that threat.
 
HHS must establish in Flint a Center of Excellence on Lead Exposure.
 
The bill amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the allowable participation period in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children for children residing in areas that are in a state of emergency. A state may elect to allow those children to participate in the program for a period that ends on the earlier of: (1) the child's tenth birthday (currently fifth), or (2) five years after the emergency (currently children may participate for a one-year period).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H598)
action_date: 2016-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2016-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, and the Budget, 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: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, and the Budget, 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: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, and the Budget, 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: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, and the Budget, 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: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, and the Budget, 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: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, and the Budget, 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: 2016-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Introduced in House