U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5577: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide grants to upgrade or convert small-capacity cesspools for households in the State of Hawaii.
Status: In committee, September 29, 2026
What the bill says
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide grants to upgrade or convert small-capacity cesspools for households in the State of Hawaii. II 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5577 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 29, 2026 Ms. Hirono introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide grants to upgrade or convert small-capacity cesspools for households in the State of Hawaii.
From the introduced text, September 29, 2026:
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide grants to upgrade or convert small-capacity cesspools for households in the State of Hawaii. II 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5577 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 29, 2026 Ms. Hirono introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide grants to upgrade or convert small-capacity cesspools for households in the State of Hawaii. SECTION 1. Grants to upgrade or convert small-capacity cesspools in Hawaii Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: SECTION 228. Grants to upgrade or convert small-capacity cesspools in Hawaii (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Eligible individual The term eligible individual means a member of a household located in a municipality identified pursuant to the affordability criteria of the applicable State established under section 603(i)(2). (2) Responsible management entity The term responsible management entity means an organization consisting of diverse stakeholders with technical, managerial, and financial capacity to operate and maintain viable decentralized wastewater systems within the jurisdiction of the organization. (3) Small-capacity cesspool The term small-capacity cesspool means an underground sanitary waste system that-- …