Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2009
Latest action · Dec 24, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy 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.
- IntroducedDec 3, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2009 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make competitive grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for green infrastructure. Defines "green infrastructure" as a stormwater management technique that preserves, restores, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology.
Establishes the duties of each center, including: (1) researching green infrastructure; (2) developing manuals and setting industry standards on best management practices relating to state, local, and commercial green infrastructure; (3) providing information about its research and manuals to the national electronic clearinghouse center; (4) providing technical assistance and training on green infrastructure; and (5) evaluating regulatory and policy issues about green infrastructure.
Requires one of the centers to be designated as the national electronic clearinghouse center, which shall, in addition to its other duties, operate a website and a public database on green infrastructure.
Requires the Administrator to make competitive grants to eligible entities that manage stormwater, water resources, or waste water resources to: (1) plan and design and install green infrastructure projects; (2) develop standards and revisions to local zoning, building, or other local codes necessary to accommodate such projects; (3) develop fee structures to provide financial support for green infrastructure; (4) develop training and educational materials about green infrastructure; (5) develop and implement a green infrastructure portfolio standard program; (6) monitor and evaluate the environmental, economic, or social benefits of green infrastructure; and (7) implement a best practices standard for a green infrastructure program. Requires the Administrator to give priority to applications from: (1) a community that has combined storm and sanitary sewers in its collection system or is low-income or disadvantaged; or (2) an eligible entity that will use 10% of the grant for a low-income or disadvantaged community.
Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish within EPA's Office of Water a green infrastructure program to coordinate and promote the use of green infrastructure and to integrate green infrastructure into the permitting programs; (2) direct each EPA regional office to develop a program to promote and integrate the use of green infrastructure within the region; (3) create a green infrastructure compliance assistance center; and (4) establish measurable goals, to be known as the green infrastructure portfolio standard, to increase the percentage of annual water managed by eligible entities that uses green infrastructure.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 3, 2009 to Sep 23, 2010; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | Dec 3, 2009 |
| D-OH | Steve Driehaus | Original | Dec 3, 2009 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Dec 14, 2009 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Dec 14, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Dec 16, 2009 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Dec 16, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Feb 2, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Feb 2, 2010 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-WI | Steve Kagen | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Daniel B. Maffei | Mar 2, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Mar 2, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Mar 2, 2010 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Mar 4, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Mar 12, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | May 19, 2010 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | May 19, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Jul 1, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Patrick J. Murphy | Jul 1, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Jul 1, 2010 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 30, 2010 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Jul 30, 2010 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jul 30, 2010 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Sep 23, 2010 |
Committees 2
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 Dec 3, 2009 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Dec 4, 2009 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Dec 3, 2009 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Dec 24, 2009 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Dec 4, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Dec 3, 2009Introduced in House
- Dec 3, 2009Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
- Dec 3, 2009Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science 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.
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 3
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. 111-140 | IMPACT OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT ON THE NATION'S WATER QUALITY, ECONOMY AND COMMUNITIES149 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Sep 30, 2010 |
| Serial No. 111-129 | PUTTING AMERICA BACK TO WORK THROUGH CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT112 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jul 15, 2010 |
| Serial No. 111-102 | HEARING ON PROPOSALS FOR A WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2010, PART II150 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Apr 15, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3561 | Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2010 | Related bill | Jun 30, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish centers of excellence for green infrastructure, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2009
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental technology
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Hydrology and hydrography
- Infrastructure development
- Research administration and funding
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 3, 2009Introduced 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.
