Bill · H.R. 6464· House(119-HR-6464)
Affordable Clean Water Infrastructure Act
- Introduced
- 12/4/2025
- Last activity
- 2/2/2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Sponsored by
- Kristen McDonald Rivet
- Cosponsors
- - 1 - 3
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the "Affordable Clean Water Infrastructure Act," seeks to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The primary goal is to provide more financial assistance to rural, small, and tribal publicly owned treatment works. It changes how states can use capitalization grants to provide additional subsidization. This includes adjusting language to help ratepayers afford wastewater and stormwater services. The bill also sets specific limits and minimums for how much money a State may use for these subsidies.
Yes· 3 of 8
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?+5
The bill enables states to provide an additional 10 percent of capitalization grants to rural treatment works.
Does this invest in rural communities?+5
The bill specifically allows for additional subsidization to be directed to rural publicly owned treatment works.
Would Native Americans be better off under this?+4
The bill provides for additional subsidization specifically for tribal publicly owned treatment works.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Help with Water Costs: The bill changes the language to help ratepayers afford wastewater and stormwater services (Section 2, paragraph (1)(C)).
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Extra Help for Specific Communities: States may make an additional 10 percent of their capitalization grant available to provide extra subsidization specifically for rural, small, and tribal publicly owned treatment works (Section 2, paragraph (3)(B)).
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Guaranteed Minimum Support: A State is required to use an amount that is not less than 20 percent of its total capitalization grants for providing additional subsidization, provided there are enough qualifying applications (Section 2, paragraph (3)(C)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Loan Limitations: A loan from the water pollution control revolving fund that has an interest rate of 0 percent or higher is not considered "additional subsidization" under this specific subsection (Section 2, paragraph (4)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Rural Residents+5Good For Native Americans+4Good For Low Income Households+3Good For Middle Class Households+1
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Rural Development+5Improves Environmental Protections+3
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Economic Growth+2
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Poverty Reduction+1
- 2/2/2026
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- 12/4/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- 4 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Robert BresnahanRepublican · Pennsylvania
Brian FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania
Emilia SykesDemocrat · Ohio
Tony WiedRepublican · Wisconsin