{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-releases/deluzio-introduces-bill-help-local-communities-fight-flooding-manage", "Deluzio Introduces Bill to Help Local Communities Fight Flooding, Manage Stormwater and Sewer Overflows", "2025-10-28", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Christopher R. Deluzio", "D000530", "deluzio.house.gov", "deluzio", "https://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "CARNEGIE, PA \u2013 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee member Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) introduced the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Grant Reauthorization Act. This bill would reauthorize around $350 million in federal grants to help local municipalities fight flooding and manage and maintain their water systems.\n\n\u201cNo matter the size of a city, borough, or township: people in all types of communities should have a reliable water system that protects their drinking water and prevents dangerous flooding and stormwater overflow,\u201d said Congressman Deluzio. \u201cI\u2019m introducing the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Grant Reauthorization Act to help municipalities pay for important, but often expensive, upgrades and maintenance to their water systems that help keep communities healthy.\u201d\n\nThis reauthorizes an existing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program (the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Grant program) in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or the Clean Water Act. Managing the cleanliness and volume of stormwater entering local water systems can be a huge problem and financial burden for smaller communities. Specifically, the funds can be used for the planning, design, and construction of combined sewer overflows (CSOs), sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs), and stormwater management projects. More details are available here.\n\nThe full text of Congressman Deluzio\u2019s Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Grant Reauthorization Act is available here.\n\nWestern Pennsylvania is no stranger to flooding, with heavy rains leading to streets full of water, power outages, expensive property damage to homes and businesses, and sometimes even tragic loss of life. With this bill, Congressman Deluzio is continuing his work to advance federal policy options to help strengthen America\u2019s infrastructure.\n\nThe Congressman is also concerned about the economic strain that extreme weather and storms can bring on communities. Following a storm in the spring of 2025, Congressman Deluzio polled his constituents on the regional power outages that disrupted a lot of families across his congressional district. You can read the report of Rep. Deluzio's survey and findings on his website.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://deluzio.house.gov/media/press-releases/deluzio-introduces-bill-help-local-communities-fight-flooding-manage"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.246227115392685, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}