To establish a grant program for advanced wastewater treatment projects, and for other purposes.
She will establish a grant program for advanced wastewater treatment projects.
Occurrences
A new bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives aims to modernise wastewater treatment systems nationwide by establishing a five-year federal grant programme worth $1 billion.
Evidence
Stevens' Senate campaign says she will build on her House work in the U.S. Senate and lists Water and Infrastructure as a priority, including safe drinking water, lead pipe replacement, and PFAS contamination.
Congress.gov lists Haley M. Stevens among the bill's cosponsors. The bill's latest action was House placement on the Union Calendar on 2021-06-22, and its status remained Introduced.
Section 11 would create a Smart wastewater infrastructure technology grant program for planning, design, and construction at publicly owned treatment works, including intelligent sewage or stormwater collection systems and alternative sewer projects using real-time data.
Section 50202 added a Wastewater Efficiency Grant Pilot Program requiring EPA to award grants to publicly owned treatment works for projects that create or improve waste-to-energy systems, including facility upgrades and other proven technologies that transform waste to energy.
Section 50207 added a Small Publicly Owned Treatment Works Efficiency Grant Program for equipment replacement or repair that improves water or energy efficiency of small publicly owned treatment works.
The House Clerk records H.R.3684 as passed on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment, 228-206, and lists Stevens, Democratic, Michigan, as voting Yea.
Congress.gov records H.R.3684 as Public Law 117-58, enacted on 2021-11-15. The CRS summary says the law provided new funding for water infrastructure among other infrastructure categories.
Assessments
The promise appears to be tied to Stevens' 2026 U.S. Senate campaign, and as of 2026-07-03 she has not served in that office, so the Senate-office commitment is not yet ripe for a fulfilled/not-fulfilled judgment. In her House role, Stevens did cosponsor H.R.1915, which included the closest match, a smart wastewater infrastructure technology grant program, but that bill did not become law. She also voted for the enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which created related wastewater efficiency and small publicly owned treatment works grant programs, but those were narrower than a broad advanced wastewater treatment projects grant program. This supports serious effort and some related progress, but not full delivery of the specific future-office promise.