Future of Water Act of 2022
Latest action · Apr 4, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
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, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Future of Water Act of 2022
This bill prohibits the trading of futures contracts in water or water rights. A futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a commodity or financial instrument at a set price at a specific time.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2022; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Mar 21, 2022 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 24, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 21, 2022 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Apr 4, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
- Mar 21, 2022Introduced in House
- Mar 21, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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. 168, no. 50, March 21, 2022, page H3858.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3886 | Future of Water Act of 2022 | Identical bill | Mar 21, 2022 |
| HR 8096 | Future of Water Act of 2024 | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 3, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit trading of water and water rights for future delivery, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Future of Water Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2022Introduced 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.
