Puerto Rico Wa­ter­SMART Grants Eligibility Act

Bill: 116-hr-6050
Sponsor: full_name: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-03-02
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Puerto Rico

Water resources funding
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Puerto Rico WaterSMART Grants Eligibility Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows entities in Puerto Rico to apply for WaterSMART grants. These grants are used to support projects that, for example, conserve and use water more efficiently.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6050 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 2, 2020 Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico (for herself, Mr. Young , Mr. Sablan , Mrs. Radewagen , and Ms. Gabbard ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To include Puerto Rico as an eligible applicant location for WaterSMART grants, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Puerto Rico Wa­ter­SMART Grants Eligibility Act . 2. WaterSMART grants and agreements Section 9504 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 42 U.S.C. 10364 ) is amended in subsection (a)(2)(A)— (1) in clause (ii), by striking or ; (2) in clause (iii), by striking and and inserting or ; and (3) by inserting after clause (iii), the following: (iv) Puerto Rico; and .