US Congress House Bill 2738 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on August 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-05 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to provide grants to owners or operators of water systems for programs or projects to increase the resiliency or adaptability of the systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a U.S. region; and (2) 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. Requires the Administrator to ensure that the list of grant applications funded includes a substantial number that propose to utilize innovative approaches that: (1) promote more efficient water use, water conservation, water reuse, or recycling; (2) use decentralized, low-impact development technologies and nonstructural approaches, including practices that use, enhance, or mimic the natural hydrological cycle or protect natural flows; (3) reduce stormwater runoff or flooding by protecting or enhancing natural ecosystem functions; (4) modify, upgrade, enhance, or replace existing water system infrastructure in response to changing hydrologic conditions; (5) improve water quality or quantity for agricultural and municipal uses, including through salinity reduction; and (6) provide multiple benefits, including to 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 2011

Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2011-08-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
2011-08-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2011-08-01	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2011-08-01	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-08-01	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2011-08-01	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.

SB1669 (Related) 2011-10-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6338-6339)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2738/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2738/BILLS-112hr2738ih.pdf