When President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill in late December, it included a present for onsite installers. A few paragraphs in the bill allow low-income, rural homeowners to access a pool of money for upgrading or replacing their onsite wastewater systems. The law allows grants of up to $20,000.
Because this is a piece of federal legislation, that doesn’t mean the cash drawer is open. The way Congress works, a bill creating a program is separate from the appropriations bill that allocates money for a purpose.
Passing appropriations bills is the next step when the new Congress convenes in
