Water Supply Technology Program Act of 2005
Latest action · Dec 8, 2005 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 316.
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.
- IntroducedOct 7, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Water Supply Technology Program Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a national program for the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of economically viable and cost-effective water supply technologies; (2) designate one or more lead National Laboratories to carry out water supply technology research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities under the program; and (3) establish the Water Supply Technology Advisory Panel.
Instructs the Secretary to: (1) assess the annual amount of federal funding levels and authorizations for water supply technology research; (2) assess the scope of the water supply technology research performed by other agencies; (3) assess whether and to what extent federal water supply technology research is duplicative; and (4) develop a technology roadmap to identify critical water supply technology research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to guide program activities.
Prescribes guidelines for water supply technology assessment.
Directs the Secretary to: (1): provide competitive grants to entities with expertise in the conduct of water supply technology research; and (2) establish an independent third party review process to conduct periodic peer reviews of the program.
Requires the Secretary to report to certain congressional committees on the assessments and the technology roadmap.
Authorizes appropriations. Prescribes funding allocation guidelines.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 7, 2005 to Mar 8, 2006; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| R-TN | William H. Frist | Original | Oct 7, 2005 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Oct 19, 2005 | |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Oct 27, 2005 | |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Mar 8, 2006 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Mar 8, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Oct 7, 2005Hearings Oct 20, 2005Markup Nov 16, 2005Reported Dec 8, 2005 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2005Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/18/2005 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-198.
- Dec 8, 2005Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 316.
- Nov 16, 2005Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Oct 20, 2005Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-314.
- Oct 7, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Oct 7, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11315-11316)
- Oct 7, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11316-11317)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S11315Text printed S11316 | Pete V. Domenici R-NM (text) | Oct 7, 2005 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Nov 21, 2005S. 1860, Water Supply Technology Program Act of 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 16, 2005</p>
- Nov 21, 2005S. 1860, Water Supply Technology Program Act of 2005Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 16, 2005
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-314 | DESALINATION WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGE PREVENTION ACT AND WATER SUPPLY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ACT95 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Oct 20, 2005 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to improve energy production and reduce energy demand through improved use of reclaimed waters, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Energy-Water Efficiency Technology Research, Development, and Transfer Program Act of 2005
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Water Supply Technology Program Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- California
- Commerce
- Commercialization
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Energy conservation
- Energy efficiency
- Energy research
- Environmental Protection
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to research
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Government Operations and Politics
- Infrastructure
- Laboratories
- New Mexico
- Research and development facilities
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technological innovations
- Technology assessment
- Technology transfer
- Tennessee
- Water conservation
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2005Reported to Senate
- Oct 7, 2005Introduced in Senate
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.