H.R. 3376

Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025

Sponsor: Bonnie Watson Coleman

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Sec. 7. Drinking water grant programs

(a) School drinking water improvement. Section 1465 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–25) is amended—

(1) in the section heading, by striking fountain and inserting infrastructure;

(2) in subsection (a), by striking fountains manufactured prior to 1988 and inserting infrastructure;

(3) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

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(b) Use of funds. Funds awarded under the grant program may be used to pay costs associated with—

(1) installing, repairing, or replacing the infrastructure necessary to ensure that drinking water fountains, drinking water coolers, and bottle filling stations at schools are lead free; and

(2) monitoring and reporting of lead levels in the drinking water of schools, as determined appropriate by the Administrator.

; and

(4) in subsection (d)—

(A) by striking $5,000,000 and inserting $1,050,000,000; and

(B) by striking 2021 and inserting 2027.

(b) Tribal drinking water. Section 1452(i)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12(i)(1)) is amended, in the first sentence—

(1) by striking 1½ and inserting Three; and

(2) by striking may and inserting shall.