Colonia Water and Sewage Service Act

Summary

Colonia Water and Sewage Service Act - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to public bodies and private nonprofit organizations for the installation or improvement of the operation or maintenance of facilities (and necessary related equipment) for the storage, treatment, purification, or distribution of water, and the collection, treatment, or disposal of waste, in rural areas in the United States within 30 miles of the Mexican border. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Housing to make loans, grants, and combined loans and grants to eligible very-low income families or persons (including the nonelderly) in rural areas in the United States within 30 miles of the Mexican border for the cost of repairs, improvements, and additions to provide sanitary waste facilities and convenient and sanitary water supplies. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes.

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Timeline

1. 21 October 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.

   Source: Committee

2. 21 October 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 21 October 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 21 October 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 26 October 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development.

   Source: Committee

6. 18 November 1987

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

   Source: Committee

7. 22 September 1988

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 21 October 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Coleman, Ronald D. [D-TX-16] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bryant, John W. [D-TX-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rescom. Fuster, Jamie B. [D-PR-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-NY-18] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing
• · hsba00 · Standing

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