§9058b — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

§9058b Funding for water assistance program

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 116— - CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION (CARES ACT) › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND ASSISTANCE TO SEVERELY DISTRESSED SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY › Part Part A— - Coronavirus Economic Stabilization › § 9058b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services must use $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 to give grants to States and Indian Tribes. The grants help low-income households that spend a high share of their income on drinking water and wastewater by giving money to water system owners/operators to reduce unpaid bills and lower charges. Money is divided by each area’s share of households at or below 150 percent of the Federal poverty line and by its share of households spending over 30 percent of income on housing. Up to 3 percent may be reserved for Indian Tribes and tribal organizations. State — includes the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Title 15, §9058b

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(a)In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants to States and Indian Tribes to assist low-income households, particularly those with the lowest incomes, that pay a high proportion of household income for drinking water and wastewater services, by providing funds to owners or operators of public water systems or treatment works to reduce arrearages of and rates charged to such households for such services.

(b)The Secretary shall—

(1)allot amounts appropriated in this section to a State or Indian Tribe based on—

(A)the percentage of households in the State, or under the jurisdiction of the Indian Tribe, with income equal or less than 150 percent of the Federal poverty line; and

(B)the percentage of households in the State, or under the jurisdiction of the Indian Tribe, that spend more than 30 percent of monthly income on housing; and

(2)reserve up to 3 percent of the amount appropriated in this section for Indian Tribes and tribal organizations.

(c)In this section, the term “State” means each of the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and not as part of the CARES Act which in part comprises this chapter.

§9058b Funding for water assistance program

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Title 15, §9058b

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