# 119-hr-4961: Public Utility Remediation and Enhancement for Water Act

119-hr-4961, Public Utility Remediation and Enhancement for Water Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] (D-MI); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4961
- Congress: 119
- Title: Public Utility Remediation and Enhancement for Water Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-08-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Targets PFAS in public wastewater systems.** This bill would create an EPA grant program to help owners and operators of publicly owned treatment works plan, design, and build treatment projects and meet pretreatment or effluent limits for PFAS and other emerging contaminants. - Municipal utilities and publicly owned treatment works would be eligible for grants that cover at least 75 percent of estimated costs for planning, design, construction, and compliance projects. - Communities served by those treatment plants would likely see reduced PFAS discharges to waterways, lowering local exposure risks to drinking water and the environment. - The EPA Administrator would have to set up the program within 180 days and may allow state water pollution control revolving fund loans and other public or private funds to count toward the non-Federal match. *Authorizes $200 million per year for FY2026–2028 to fund these grants if enacted.*

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] (D-TX), 2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- PFAS cleanup grants for wastewater plants: benefit, high. The EPA would create a grant program within 180 days to help public wastewater plants. Plants could get funds to plan, design, or build systems to stop or treat PFAS and other emerging contaminants, and to meet Clean Water Act limits. It would authorize $200 million each year for 2026, 2027, and 20…

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- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-18: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4961 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4961)

## Related
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-1065: Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1065)
- [119-hr-18: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-18)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4961 (as of 2026-04-21).