Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting America's Drinking Water from Extreme Temperatures Act of 2026”.
Protecting America's Drinking Water from Extreme Temperatures Act of 2026
A BILL
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to authorize grant funds under the Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program to be used to increase resilience to extreme temperatures, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program
Section 1459F of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19g) is amended—
in each of subsections (b) and (c), by striking “natural hazards and extreme weather events” each place it appears and inserting “natural hazards, extreme weather events, and extreme temperatures”;
in subsection (c)(2), by striking “natural hazards or extreme weather events, including risks to drinking water from flooding” and inserting “natural hazards, extreme weather events (including risks to drinking water from flooding), or extreme temperatures”;
in subsection (d)—
in paragraph (2), by inserting “extreme temperatures,” after “weather events,”;
in paragraph (3), by inserting “or extreme temperatures” after “weather events”;
in each of paragraphs (4) and (5), by striking “or extreme weather events” each place it appears and inserting “extreme weather events, or extreme temperatures”; and
in paragraph (6)(A), by striking “hazards or extreme weather events” and inserting “hazards, extreme weather events, or extreme temperatures”; and
in subsection (f)(1), by striking “2022 through 2026” and inserting “2027 through 2032”.