Tlaib, Dingell reintroduce bill to create federal water affordability program

By: Kyle Davidson

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: April 14, 2026

Words: 291

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) have renewed efforts to establish a federal program to help low income Americans access drinking water, reintroducing the Water Access and Affordability Act on Monday.

The representatives previously introduced the effort in 2024. If passed by both chambers of Congress, the bill would create a low-income water affordability program housed in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA’s administrator must initiate the program within …

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