Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015
Latest action · Mar 23, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
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.
- IntroducedMar 4, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to provide grants in each of FY2016-FY2020 for programs or projects to increase the resiliency or adaptability of water systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a U.S. region. A water system is a community water system, a treatment works, a decentralized wastewater treatment system for domestic sewage, a groundwater storage and replenishment system, a system for transport and delivery of water for irrigation or conservation, or a natural or engineered system that manages floodwaters.
The EPA must give priority to owners or operators of water systems that are at the greatest and most immediate risk of facing significant negative impacts due to changing hydrologic conditions.
The EPA must ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the list of grant applications funded includes a substantial number that propose to utilize innovative approaches that meet at least one of these goals:
- promote more efficient water use, conservation, reuse, or recycling;
- use decentralized, low-impact development technologies and nonstructural approaches;
- reduce stormwater runoff or flooding by protecting or enhancing natural ecosystem functions;
- modify, upgrade, enhance, or replace existing water system infrastructure in response to changing hydrologic conditions;
- improve water quality or quantity for agricultural and municipal uses; and
- provide multiple benefits, including water supply enhancement or demand reduction, water quality protection or improvement, increased flood protection, and ecosystem protection or improvement.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2015 to Jul 14, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Apr 21, 2015 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Jun 1, 2015 |
Committees 3
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 Mar 4, 2015 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 5, 2015 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 4, 2015 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 6, 2015 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 4, 2015 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2015 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- Mar 6, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
- Mar 5, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Mar 4, 2015Introduced in House
- Mar 4, 2015Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 37, March 4, 2015, page H1615.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44482 | Water Use Efficiency Legislation in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Dec 15, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 741 | Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 | Related bill | Mar 16, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program of awarding grants to owners or operators of water systems to increase resiliency or adaptability of the systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a region of the United States.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Floods and storm protection
- Hydrology and hydrography
- Infrastructure development
- Land use and conservation
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Water resources funding
- Water storage
- Water use and supply
- Watersheds
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2015Introduced 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.
