Water utilities would be barred from cutting off drinking water access during the coronavirus pandemic under the House Democrats’ $3 trillion spending package unveiled Tuesday.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats said they pushed for the prohibition, which would require states and utilities receiving federal emergency funds to adopt policies barring such shut-offs.
- The House plans to vote on their package (H.R. 6800), called the Heroes Act, on Friday, but some Senate Republicans have already dismissed it as excessive spending.
- The bill also would provide $50 million for an Environmental Protection Agency study of environmental justice issues on the links between pollution, and the transmission and health outcomes related to coronavirus exposure. The studies would focus on disadvantaged communities.
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