Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2016
Latest action · Mar 4, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 29, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2016
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the Act through FY2021.
The bill sets forth requirements concerning Safe Drinking Water Act State Revolving Fund (SRF) projects, including mandates for the use of bond sales, mandates to produce goods in the United States, and mandates to provide prevailing wages to laborers and mechanics.
The bill makes changes to provisions that states must include in their Intended Use Plans, including data on variances, exemptions, and persistent violations.
The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide additional assistance to public water systems that serve disadvantaged communities.
The bill increases the portion of SRF funds that states may reserve to provide technical assistance to public water systems. Additionally, the bill increases the funds that may be reserved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use in the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
The EPA must: (1) study the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water sources, (2) establish requirements for electronic submission of compliance monitoring data by public water systems, (3) collect data on best practices for administration of SRF programs, (4) implement a certification program for effective water leak control technology, (5) develop a strategic plan for assessing and managing the risks of drought to drinking water, (6) establish a grant program to assist water systems in improving drinking water resiliency and sustainability, and (7) establish a grant program to remove lead service lines from public water systems.
Cosponsors 66
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 29, 2016 to Jul 8, 2016; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Feb 29, 2016 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Feb 29, 2016 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | Feb 29, 2016 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Feb 29, 2016 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Feb 29, 2016 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 3, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 15, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Mar 17, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Mar 22, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 22, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 14, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Apr 15, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Apr 15, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Apr 18, 2016 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Apr 18, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 18, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Apr 18, 2016 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 19, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 27, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Apr 28, 2016 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Apr 28, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 13, 2016 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 17, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Beto O'Rourke | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jun 8, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Jun 13, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 6, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jul 8, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 29, 2016 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 4, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
- Feb 29, 2016Introduced in House
- Feb 29, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4982 | Paul Tonko D-NY | Jul 14, 2016 |
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. 162, no. 32, February 29, 2016, page H1045.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R42467 | Legislative Options in the 114th Congress for Financing Water Infrastructure Archived | Report | Dec 30, 2016 |
| R44482 | Water Use Efficiency Legislation in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Dec 15, 2016 |
| IF10474 | WRDA 2016: Infrastructure, Lead, and Other Safe Drinking Water Act Provisions in H.R. 5303 and S. 2848 Archived | Resource | Oct 18, 2016 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1709 | To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for the assessment and management of the risks of drought to drinking water, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Mar 27, 2015 |
| HR 6116 | Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2016 | Related bill | Sep 22, 2016 |
| HR 6154 | Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Act | Related bill | Sep 22, 2016 |
| HR 6460 | Buy America for Drinking Water Extension Act of 2016 | Related bill | Dec 7, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to increase assistance for States, water systems, and disadvantaged communities; to encourage good financial and environmental management of water systems; to strengthen the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to enforce the requirements of the Act; and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Alternative and renewable resources
- American Samoa
- Buy American requirements
- Caribbean area
- Congressional oversight
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Environmental technology
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Guam
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Housing and community development funding
- Hydrology and hydrography
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Metals
- Natural disasters
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Prescription drugs
- Public contracts and procurement
- Securities
- State and local finance
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Virgin Islands
- Wages and earnings
- Water quality
- Water resources funding
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 29, 2016Introduced 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.
