Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015
Latest action · Aug 18, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on 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.
- IntroducedApr 14, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, which is any stormwater management technique that: (1) uses natural systems or engineered systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology to protect or restore water quality. One of the centers must be the national electronic clearinghouse center and operate a website and a public database on the infrastructure.
The EPA must: (1) provide grants to eligible entities that manage stormwater, water resources, or wastewater resources to carry out innovative stormwater control infrastructure projects; and (2) give priority to applications from a community that has combined storm and sanitary sewers in its collection system or is low-income or disadvantaged, or from an eligible entity that will use at least 10% of the grant for a low-income or disadvantaged community.
The EPA must ensure that: (1) EPA's Office of Water, Office of Enforcement and Compliance, Office of Research and Development, and Office of Policy promote the use of the infrastructure in, and coordinate its integration into, permitting programs, planning efforts, research, technical assistance, and funding guidance; and (2) the Office of Water supports establishing innovative financing mechanisms in the implementation of the infrastructure. The EPA must: (1) direct each EPA regional office to promote and integrate the use of the infrastructure within the region, and (2) promote sharing information about the infrastructure approaches.
The EPA must establish the innovative stormwater control infrastructure portfolio standard of voluntary, measurable goals to increase the percentage of annual water managed by entities that use the infrastructure.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 14, 2015 to Apr 14, 2016; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Apr 14, 2015 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | May 13, 2015 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Apr 14, 2016 |
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 Apr 14, 2015 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Apr 15, 2015 | |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Apr 14, 2015 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Aug 18, 2015 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 18, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- Apr 15, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Apr 14, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 14, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E486)
- Apr 14, 2015Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E486 | Donna F. Edwards D-MD | Apr 14, 2015 |
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. 53, April 14, 2015, page H2211.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
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 |
| R43131 | Green Infrastructure and Issues in Managing Urban Stormwater Archived | Report | May 2, 2016 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 896 | Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 13, 2015 |
| S 1837 | Drought Recovery and Resilience Act of 2015 | Related bill | Jul 22, 2015 |
| HR 2983 | Drought Recovery and Resilience Act of 2015 | Related bill | Aug 18, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015
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
- Public-private cooperation
- Research administration and funding
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 14, 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.
