Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 9, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 609.
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.
- IntroducedDec 12, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act of 2020
This bill permanently reauthorizes, and expands, the Indian Reservation Drinking Water Program.
Specifically, the bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to connect, expand, or repair existing public water systems that are on Indian reservations or off-reservation sites that serve tribes in the Columbia River Basin or its adjacent coastal river basins. Currently, only projects that are on Indian reservations in the Upper Missouri River Basin or the Upper Rio Grande Basin are eligible for the program.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 12, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Dec 12, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 12, 2019Hearings Jun 24, 2020Markup Jul 29, 2020Reported Dec 9, 2020 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2020Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-309.
- Dec 9, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 609.
- Jul 29, 2020Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 24, 2020Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-338.
- Dec 12, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 5, 2020S. 3044, Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act of 2020As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 29, 2020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 116-338 | S. 2165, S. 2716, S. 2912, S. 3019, S. 3044, S. 3099, AND S. 3100141 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Jun 24, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the American's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to expand the Indian reservation drinking water program, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2020Reported to Senate
- Dec 12, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
