S 1700 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2017

Introduced Aug 2, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Tom Udall D-NM

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 2, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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.

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

Summary

Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2017

This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to codify the WaterSense Program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that allows water-efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services to bear a "WaterSense" label.

The EPA must establish certification criteria for the WaterSense label, enhance public awareness regarding the label, preserve the label's integrity, and review, and if appropriate, revise the WaterSense label requirements.

To the maximum extent practicable and no less than annually, the EPA must estimate and publish the aggregate production, aggregate market penetration, and savings of water, energy, and capital costs of water, wastewater, and stormwater attributable to the use of WaterSense-labeled products, buildings and building landscapes, facilities, processes, and services.

Cosponsors 10

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 2, 2017 to Nov 1, 2017, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalAug 2, 2017
R-COCory GardnerOriginalAug 2, 2017
D-MIGary C. PetersOriginalAug 2, 2017
R-TNLamar AlexanderOriginalAug 2, 2017
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalAug 2, 2017
R-OHRob PortmanOriginalAug 2, 2017
D-ORRon WydenOriginalAug 2, 2017
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalAug 2, 2017
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalAug 2, 2017
D-ORJeff MerkleyNov 1, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 2, 2017Introduced in Senate
  2. Aug 2, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1137Clean Safe Reliable Water Infrastructure ActRelated billMay 16, 2017
S 1460Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017Related billSep 19, 2017

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Aug 2, 2017Introduced in Senate

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