US Congress House Bill 1278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to provide grants in each of FY2016-FY2020 for programs or projects to increase the resiliency or adaptability of water systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a U.S. region. A water system is a community water system, a treatment works, a decentralized wastewater treatment system for domestic sewage, a groundwater storage and replenishment system, a system for transport and delivery of water for irrigation or conservation, or a natural or engineered system that manages floodwaters. The EPA must give priority to owners or operators of water systems that are at the greatest and most immediate risk of facing significant negative impacts due to changing hydrologic conditions. The EPA must ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the list of grant applications funded includes a substantial number that propose to utilize innovative approaches that meet at least one of these goals: promote more efficient water use, conservation, reuse, or recycling; use decentralized, low-impact development technologies and nonstructural approaches; reduce stormwater runoff or flooding by protecting or enhancing natural ecosystem functions; modify, upgrade, enhance, or replace existing water system infrastructure in response to changing hydrologic conditions; improve water quality or quantity for agricultural and municipal uses; and provide multiple benefits, including water supply enhancement or demand reduction, water quality protection or improvement, increased flood protection, and ecosystem protection or improvement.

Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015

Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
2015-03-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2015-03-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2015-03-04	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2015-03-04	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-03-04	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2015-03-04	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-03-04	House	Introduced in House

SB741 (Related) 2015-03-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1530; text of measure as introduced: CR S1530-1531)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1278/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1278/BILLS-114hr1278ih.pdf