Water Infrastructure Revitalization Act
Latest action · Jan 26, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
- IntroducedJan 26, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Water Infrastructure Revitalization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to non-federal interests in North Dakota, which may be provided in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects.
Requires projects to be publicly owned as a prerequisite for assistance.
Directs the Secretary to enter into local cooperation agreements with non-federal interests for project design and construction. Sets the federal share of project costs under local cooperation agreements at 75%.
Requires a reduction in the non-federal share of the cost of constructing projects under this Act, using a federal formula for water rate affordability, where the rate for affordability relating to the project area exceeds the average state-wide rate by a specified percentage.
Sets the non-federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance under this Act at 100%.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 26, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Original | Jan 26, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 26, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Jan 26, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1242)
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1516 | Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act | Related bill | May 24, 2007 |
| HR 1659 | Rural Colorado Water Infrastructure Act | Related bill | Mar 23, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Construction costs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Government Operations and Politics
- Infrastructure
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- North Dakota
- Planning
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Restoration ecology
- Waste water treatment
- Water rates
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
- Water treatment plants
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 26, 2007Introduced in Senate
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