# 114-hr-2853: Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act

114-hr-2853, Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3] (R-MS); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2853
- Congress: 114
- Title: Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
- Introduced: 2015-06-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3] (R-MS)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2020 the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) program providing technical assistance to small public water systems in complying with national primary drinking water regulations. The EPA may use the funds to provide grants or cooperative agreements to nonprofit organizations that provide onsite technical assistance; circuit-rider technical assistance programs; multistate, regional technical assistance programs; onsite and regional training; assistance with implementing source water protection plans; and assistance with implementation monitoring plans, rules, regulations, and water security enhancements. In order to ensure that technical assistance funding is used in a manner that is most beneficial to the small and rural communities, the EPA must give preference to nonprofit organizations that are the most qualified and experienced and that the small community water systems find to be the most beneficial and effective.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2015-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2015-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2015-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4] (R-UT), 2015-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-2853 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2853)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2853 (as of 2025-11-18).