Impaired Waters Improvement Act
Latest action · May 23, 2014 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 22, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Impaired Waters Improvement Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to reduce the discharges of nitrogen, phosphorus, or sediment (pollutants) in an area that is subject to a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for those pollutants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). Makes eligible for grants the owners and operators of: (1) publicly owned treatment works or storm water management practices serving areas subject to the TMDLs, or (2) privately owned farms implementing methods to reduce discharges of those pollutants in those areas.
Directs the Administrator to increase by 5% the civil penalty for violations of the Clean Water Act. Establishes the Impaired Waters Improvement Fund for making expenditures to carry out the grant program. Transfers for each of FY2015-FY2019 the amount attributable to the penalty increase or $100 million, whichever is less, to the Fund.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2014 to Jul 29, 2014, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Original | May 22, 2014 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jun 19, 2014 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 19, 2014 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Jul 29, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 23, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- May 22, 2014Introduced in House
- May 22, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Aquatic ecology
- Chesapeake Bay
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Government trust funds
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Pollution liability
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Water quality
- Water storage
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2014Introduced in House
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