Clean Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2005
Latest action · May 27, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 26, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires architectural and engineering contracts to be awarded consistent with procedures under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 or an equivalent State qualifications-based requirement.
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to assist States in establishing simplified procedures for small water systems to obtain assistance under the Act.
Requires revolving funds to be used only for providing assistance for activities which have as a principal benefit the improvement or protection of water quality of navigable waters. Makes revisions concerning uses of funds for: (1) innovative technologies; (2) administrative expenses; (3) small system technical, planning, and management assistance; and (4) financially distressed communities.
Revises requirements related to consistency with plans and eligibility of treatment works not considered publicly owned.
Requires States to make grants to financially distressed communities in any fiscal year in which the Administrator has more than $1.4 billion available for obligation and allows a State to give priority to such communities in making loans.
Directs the Administrator to provide technical and financial assistance to owners and operators of publicly-owned treatment works for: (1) inventorying critical treatment works assets; (2) evaluating the performance and condition of these assets; and (3) developing a plan for maintaining and replacing treatment works.
Reauthorizes appropriations for FY2006-2010 for the revolving fund program.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 26, 2005 to May 16, 2006; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | May 26, 2005 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Jun 24, 2005 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Jun 30, 2005 | |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Oct 26, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Feb 16, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| R-NJ | Jim Saxton | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| R-CT | Nancy L. Johnson | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Mar 2, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 26, 2005 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred May 27, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 27, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- May 26, 2005Introduced in House
- May 26, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-21 | FINANCING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS202 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jun 8, 2005–Jun 14, 2005 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1314 | Clean Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2005 | Related bill | Jun 27, 2005 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Clean Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative fees
- Architecture
- Authorization
- Depressed areas
- Economics and Public Finance
- Engineering
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental technology
- Estuaries
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publications
- Infrastructure
- Lakes
- Land transfers
- Law
- Maintenance and repair
- Maps
- Nonpoint source pollution
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Restoration ecology
- Revolving funds
- Riparian ecology
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sewage treatment
- State finance
- Stream conservation
- Technological innovations
- User charges
- Waste water treatment
- Water conservation
- Water pollution control
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
- Water treatment plants
- Water use
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 26, 2005Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.