HR 745 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

To reauthorize the Water Desalination Act of 1996.

Introduced Feb 15, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Grace F. Napolitano D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 23, 2013 Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 15, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to extend through FY2018 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) grants and contracts for research to develop processes for converting saline water into water suitable for beneficial uses, and (2) the demonstration and development program for water desalination and related activities.

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2013 to Mar 15, 2013, with 22 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-AZEd PastorOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-CAGloria Negrete McLeodOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalFeb 15, 2013
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalFeb 15, 2013
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Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 23, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  2. Mar 11, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
  3. Mar 7, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
  4. Feb 15, 2013Introduced in House
  5. Feb 15, 2013Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 15, 2013Introduced in House

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