This bill changes part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999. It adds an exception that says the Federal share of the cost for a Western rural water project that benefits an "economically disadvantaged community" (as defined in section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020) shall be 90 percent. It also updates the existing language so this new exception applies.
If your community in the Western United States is designated as an economically disadvantaged community under the cited definition, projects that provide rural water services could receive a larger federal payment. Under the bill, the federal government would pay 90 percent of project costs, and local sponsors would be responsible for the remaining portion.
The bill sets the Federal share for qualifying projects at 90 percent. No publicly available information on the total cost, number of projects affected, or the overall budgetary impact is included in the provided bill text.
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