Water Resources Research Amendments Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2017 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 21, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Water Resources Research Amendments Act
This bill amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to: (1) declare that additional research is required into increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of new and existing treatment works through alternative approaches, including non-structural alternatives, decentralized approaches, energy use efficiency, water use efficiency, and actions to extract energy from wastewater; (2) require each water resources research and technology institute to arrange for research that fosters the exploration of new ideas that expand understanding of water resources (currently, of water-related phenomena); (3) direct the Department of the Interior to report to specified congressional committees annually on each institute's compliance with matching fund requirements and provisions permitting the use of funds only to reimburse direct cost expenditures incurred for the conduct of the water resources research program; and (4) authorize appropriations for such institutes through FY2023.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2017 to Jun 12, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Mar 21, 2017 |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Original | Mar 21, 2017 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Apr 26, 2017 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Apr 27, 2017 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | May 1, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 19, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | May 22, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Mar 13, 2018 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jun 12, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jun 12, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 21, 2017 |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- Mar 21, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 21, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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. 163, no. 49, March 21, 2017, page H2288.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 451 | Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2017 | Related bill | Feb 27, 2017 |
| HR 4497 | Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2016 | Reintroduction of | Feb 10, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes established under that Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Water Resources Research Amendments Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2017Introduced 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.
