Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023
Latest action · Apr 25, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
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 22, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023
This bill increases funding for water infrastructure, including 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. The fund may be used for specified grant programs.
The bill increases the corporate income tax rate to 24.5% to provide revenues for the fund.
In addition, the bill revises requirements concerning the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF, including by prohibiting states from providing financial assistance using amounts from the clean water SRF for projects that will provide substantial direct benefits to new communities other than projects for constructing an advanced decentralized wastewater system.
It also creates or reauthorizes several grant programs related to water infrastructure, such as grants for removing lead from drinking water.
Cosponsors 100
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2023 to Nov 12, 2024; 68 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Mar 22, 2023 |
Committees 6
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 Mar 22, 2023 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2023 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 22, 2023 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 31, 2023 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 22, 2023 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Mar 22, 2023 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Apr 25, 2023 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 22, 2023 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 22, 2023 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
- Mar 31, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
- Mar 23, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Mar 22, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 22, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1305)
- Mar 22, 2023Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Education and the Workforce, 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 | Debate and remarks H1305 | Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ | Mar 22, 2023 |
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. 169, no. 52, March 22, 2023, page H1329.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 938 | Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023 | Related bill | Mar 22, 2023 |
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 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2023Introduced 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.
