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118th Congress Environmental Protection

H.R. 1729: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Mar 22, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Mar 22, 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.

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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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

100

Who scored on this bill

18 points earned
  1. 1Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ SponsorReached a cosponsor milestone, introduced4 events+18
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History

  1. Mar 22, 2023Introduced in the House by Bonnie Watson Coleman.
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  1. Apr 25, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
  2. Mar 31, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
  3. Mar 23, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  4. Mar 22, 2023Introduced in House
  5. Mar 22, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1305)
  6. 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.