Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 27, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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 28, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019
This bill provides funding for several programs related to controlling water pollution or protecting drinking water. Specifically, it establishes a Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund, increases the corporate income tax rate to 24.5% to provide revenues for such programs, revises requirements concerning the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF, and creates or reauthorizes several grant programs for water infrastructure. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency must establish a grant program for repairing, replacing, or upgrading septic tanks and drainage fields. In addition, the bill makes permanent a grant program for household water well systems in rural areas. It also increases the amount of appropriations for grant programs, including a program that awards grants to prevent lead from contaminating drinking water fountains in schools and day care facilities.
Cosponsors 87
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2019 to Jun 29, 2020; 43 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-CA | Katie Hill | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Mar 18, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 18, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Mar 26, 2019 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Apr 10, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Apr 10, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Apr 10, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Apr 15, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | May 3, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | May 30, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 30, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 28, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Jun 4, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Jun 29, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jun 29, 2020 |
Committees 4
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 Feb 28, 2019 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 1, 2019 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2019 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 1, 2019 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2019 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2019 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2019 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Mar 1, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Mar 1, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
- Feb 28, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2019Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H2315–H2317H.R. 1417–1480 | — | Feb 28, 2019 |
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. 165, no. 37, February 28, 2019, page H2315.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-5 | THE CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND: HOW FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT CAN HELP COMMUNITIES MODERNIZE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES128 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Mar 7, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 611 | Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 28, 2019 |
| HR 1352 | Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 5, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a trust fund to provide for adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Buy American requirements
- Congressional oversight
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Labor-management relations
- Metals
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public participation and lobbying
- Public utilities and utility rates
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Rural conditions and development
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local finance
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 28, 2019Introduced 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.
