Sec. 190704. Home water service continuity
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Any entity receiving financial assistance under division A of this Act shall, to the maximum extent practicable, establish or maintain in effect policies to ensure that, with respect to any service provided by a public water system or treatment works to an occupied residence, which service is provided or regulated by such entity— no such service is or remains disconnected or interrupted during the emergency period because of nonpayment; all reconnections of such service are conducted in a manner that minimizes risk to the health of individuals receiving such service; and no fees for late payment of bills for such service are charged or accrue during the emergency period.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require forgiveness of outstanding debt owed to an entity or to absolve an individual of any obligation to an entity for service. In this section: The term emergency period means the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5 ). The term public water system has the meaning given such term in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300f ). The term treatment works has the meaning given that term in section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1292 ).
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