# 116-hr-6552: Emergency Water is a Human Right Act

116-hr-6552, Emergency Water is a Human Right Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6552
- Congress: 116
- Title: Emergency Water is a Human Right Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Introduced: 2020-04-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 68
- Policy area: Water Resources Development
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Emergency Water is a Human Right Act This bill creates a grant program, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, to provide funds to states and Indian tribes to assist low-income households that pay a high proportion of household income for drinking water and wastewater services. Further, any entity receiving financial assistance under this grant program must ensure that no home energy service or public water system service is or remains disconnected or interrupted during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

## Cosponsors (68)

- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7] (D-PA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouda, Harley [D-CA-48] (D-CA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] (D-PA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- ELIOT ENGEL (D-NY), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] (D-FL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- WM. CLAY (D-MO), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5] (D-MA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2020-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-6552 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6552)

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