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US HR1417

US HR1417
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019


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Introduced
02/28/2019
In Committee
03/27/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

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.

AI Summary

This bill establishes the Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund, which is funded by an increase in the corporate income tax rate from 21% to 24.5%. The funds from this trust will be allocated to various water and sewer infrastructure programs, including the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, and grants for repairing septic systems, household water wells, and lead contamination in schools. The bill also requires the EPA to conduct a study on water affordability, discrimination in water service, public participation in water system regionalization, and data collection related to water access. Additionally, the bill increases funding for technical assistance to rural and tribal communities, and establishes requirements for the use of American-made materials and project labor agreements in water infrastructure projects.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (88)

Brenda Lawrence (D)* Nanette Barragán (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  Cheri Bustos (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Sean Casten (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Katherine Clark (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Sharice Davids (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Antonio Delgado (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Tulsi Gabbard (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Chuy García (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Katie Hill (D),  Jim Himes (D),  Chrissy Houlahan (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Hakeem Jeffries (D),  Eddie Johnson (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Dan Kildee (D),  Andy Kim (D),  Al Lawson (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Sean Maloney (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Richard Neal (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Cedric Richmond (D),  Harley Rouda (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Dutch Ruppersberger (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  José Serrano (D),  Elissa Slotkin (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Haley Stevens (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Maxine Waters (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. (on 03/27/2019)

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