US Congress House Bill 1775 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)
Status: Introduced on April 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, which is any stormwater management technique that: (1) uses natural systems or engineered systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology to protect or restore water quality. One of the centers must be the national electronic clearinghouse center and operate a website and a public database on the infrastructure. The EPA must: (1) provide grants to eligible entities that manage stormwater, water resources, or wastewater resources to carry out innovative stormwater control infrastructure projects; and (2) give priority to applications from a community that has combined storm and sanitary sewers in its collection system or is low-income or disadvantaged, or from an eligible entity that will use at least 10% of the grant for a low-income or disadvantaged community. The EPA must ensure that: (1) EPA's Office of Water, Office of Enforcement and Compliance, Office of Research and Development, and Office of Policy promote the use of the infrastructure in, and coordinate its integration into, permitting programs, planning efforts, research, technical assistance, and funding guidance; and (2) the Office of Water supports establishing innovative financing mechanisms in the implementation of the infrastructure. The EPA must: (1) direct each EPA regional office to promote and integrate the use of the infrastructure within the region, and (2) promote sharing information about the infrastructure approaches. The EPA must establish the innovative stormwater control infrastructure portfolio standard of voluntary, measurable goals to increase the percentage of annual water managed by entities that use the infrastructure.

Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015

Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
2015-04-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2015-04-14	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2015-04-14	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2015-04-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
2015-04-14	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E486)
2015-04-14	House	Introduced in House

SB896 (Related) 2015-04-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
HB2983 (Related) 2015-08-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
SB1837 (Related) 2015-07-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1775/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1775/BILLS-114hr1775ih.pdf