Colonia Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2021
Summary
Colonia Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2021 This bill provides support for low-income communities with economic hardships that are commonly referred to as colonias and are located along the United States-Mexico border. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises grant programs to provide assistance to those communities to construct drinking water infrastructure and wastewater infrastructure. Both grant programs are administered by the Environmental Protection Agency. In addition, the bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a grant program to assist projects that facilitate the state of good repair of surface infrastructure in, or for the benefit of, colonias.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 14, 2021
Last action May 17, 2021
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May 17, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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May 17, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
lower
May 14, 2021
Committee
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.
lower
May 14, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
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Veronica Escobar
DDemocratic
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