H.R. 4879

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4879 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4879

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand 
eligibility for grants related to emergency water assistance, and for 
other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 5, 2025

Mr. Costa (for himself and Mr. Edwards) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned

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A BILL

To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand 
eligibility for grants related to emergency water assistance, and for 
other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Rural Water Response Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY AND IMMINENT COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE GRANT 
PROGRAM.

Section 306A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1926a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (d)(1)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as 
subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
following:
``(C) for associated uses related to water 
resources infrastructure, including facilities for 
potable water, wastewater, storm drainage, or solid 
waste;''; and
(2) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking ``10,000'' and 
inserting ``35,000''.

SEC. 3. NPDES PERMIT EXEMPTION.

Section 402(l) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1342(l)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Emergency use of portable water treatment and 
filtration facilities.--During any 6-month period immediately 
following a declaration by a State of a disaster or state of 
emergency, no permit shall be required under this section by 
the Administrator (or the State, in the case of a permit 
program approved under subsection (b)) for discharges from a 
portable water treatment and filtration facility installed in 
the area covered by the declaration to provide clean water as 
needed to respond to conditions caused by the event that 
resulted in the declaration.''.
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