HR 3859 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Drinking Water Infrastructure for Job Creation Act

Introduced Sep 27, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Maxine Waters D-CA

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Latest action · Sep 27, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 27, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Drinking Water Infrastructure for Job Creation Act

This bill provides $7.5 billion in supplemental FY2017 appropriations to the Environmental Protection Agency to remain available through FY2022 for capitalization grants to the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds. (The program assists public water systems in financing infrastructure projects needed to comply with federal drinking water regulations and meet health objectives under the Safe Drinking Water Act.)

The funding provided by this bill is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. The emergency funding is exempt from discretionary spending limits and is only available if the President subsequently designates the amounts as an emergency and submits the designation to Congress.

The bill also exempts the funding from sequestration. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 27, 2017 to Apr 11, 2018; 58 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-TXAl GreenOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalSep 27, 2017
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-GADavid ScottOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-PADwight EvansOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-MNRichard M. NolanOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalSep 27, 2017
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-HITulsi GabbardOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalSep 27, 2017
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOct 2, 2017
D-CAJimmy GomezOct 12, 2017
D-CAZoe LofgrenApr 11, 2018

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAppropriations Committee
Referred Sep 27, 2017
HouseBudget Committee
Referred Sep 27, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 27, 2017Introduced in House
  2. Sep 27, 2017Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution and Article 1, Section 9, clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution. ____________________

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 155, September 27, 2017, page H7588.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Drinking Water Infrastructure for Job Creation Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 27, 2017Introduced in House

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