# 119-hr-3376: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025

119-hr-3376, Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3376
- Congress: 119
- Title: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-05-13
- Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 90
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Creates a dedicated Trust Fund to finance water and sewer infrastructure and related programs.** It directs new federal revenue into grants, loan subsidies, workforce training, and expanded drinking water programs through a Treasury trust.

## Cosponsors (90)

- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2] (D-LA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Conaway, Herbert C. [D-NJ-3] (D-NJ), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] (D-MA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2025-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] (D-CT), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11] (D-VA), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2026-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2026-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More subsidies and uses for water loans: benefit, high. If enacted, States could use water and sewer funds to buy private systems and to cancel costly management contracts. States would have to use at least 50% of their annual capitalization grant for subsidized loans, with the drinking water side tied to having enough applications. Public systems could…
- New national water trust fund: benefit, high. If enacted, a Water Affordability Trust Fund would be created. Each year it would get the extra corporate tax revenue, capped at the lesser of $35 billion or one‑twentieth of combined 20‑year water needs. Money would be split by set shares across EPA, USDA, Indian Health Service, and Labor programs…
- More help for rural and Tribal water: benefit, medium. If enacted, USDA household well grants would be authorized at $348.5 million each year. Colonias drinking water help would rise to $100 million for 2025–2029, and border States or local governments could apply. Tribal drinking water funding under the program would double its set‑aside to three perc…
- Bigger grants to fix lead in schools: benefit, medium. If enacted, the school drinking water grant program would expand. Funding would grow from $5 million to $1.05 billion and run through 2027. Money could pay to install, repair, or replace lead‑free fountains and bottle fillers. It could also support testing and reporting of lead levels.
- Water and sewer job training grants: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Labor Department would award water operator training and apprenticeship grants within one year. At least half of funds would target low‑ and very low‑income people when enough applications exist. No set non‑federal match would be required. Grantees would report job results and may b…
- National study on water bills and shutoffs: benefit, medium. If enacted, EPA would study water and sewer affordability nationwide and report to Congress within one year. The study would review rates, 10‑year changes, shutoffs, tax liens, and foreclosures from unpaid bills. It would track who lacks service and any unequal impacts by race, gender, or income. E…
- Higher corporate tax rate for companies: cost, high. If enacted, the corporate income tax rate would rise from 21% to 24.5% for tax years starting after December 31, 2024. Corporations would pay more federal tax. This could affect prices, wages, or investment choices.
- Union agreements allowed on water projects: mixed, low. If enacted, States would have to let funded projects use project labor agreements for water and sewer construction. States should try to have these projects use such agreements when possible. The bill would also confirm that current prevailing‑wage rules still apply. This changes procurement and la…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-15: Equality Act
- 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025
- 119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act
- 119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-3376 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3376)

## Related
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15)
- [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589)
- [119-hr-17: Paycheck Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-17)
- [119-hr-1810: Safe Schools Improvement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1810)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3376 (as of 2026-09-21).