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H.R. 4479 (114th)

Families of Flint Act

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Introduced

4 February 2016

Last action

9 February 2016 · Introduced

Status

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H598)

Sponsors

Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5], Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36], Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12], Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5], Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44], Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-2], Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5], Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15], Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3], Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2], Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9], Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]

Subjects

Healthcare, Environment, Housing, Education

Source updated

12 August 2025

Healthcare · Environment · Housing · Education

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Summary

Families of Flint Act This bill provides support for Flint, Michigan in addressing lead in the city's drinking water and related issues. The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by establishing a 10-year grant program to ensure that Flint's drinking water does not contain: (1) lead levels that threaten public health or the environment, or (2) other drinking water contaminants and pathogens that threaten public health. The bill also establishes specified grant programs for assisting Flint that are established within the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Education, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The bill amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, by allowing states to use more than 20% of funds from Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants for addressing a threat to public health from heightened exposure to lead in a municipal drinking water supply if a federal or state emergency declaration has been issued for that threat. HHS must establish in Flint a Center of Excellence on Lead Exposure. The bill amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the allowable participation period in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children for children residing in areas that are in a state of emergency. A state may elect to allow those children to participate in the program for a period that ends on the earlier of: (1) the child's tenth birthday (currently fifth), or (2) five years after the emergency (currently children may participate for a one-year period).

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Timeline

  1. 4 February 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 4 February 2016

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, and the Budget, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 4 February 2016

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, and the Budget, 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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 4 February 2016

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 5 February 2016

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

    Source: Committee

  6. 9 February 2016

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H598)

    Source: IntroReferral

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