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

USA116th CongressHR-1417| House 
| Updated: 3/27/2019
Brenda L. Lawrence

Brenda L. Lawrence

Democratic Representative

Michigan

Cosponsors (87)
Al Lawson (Democratic)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Karen Bass (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Chrissy Houlahan (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)Debra A. Haaland (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Ilhan Omar (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Andy Levin (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Madeleine Dean (Democratic)Katherine M. Clark (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Haley M. Stevens (Democratic)Anthony G. Brown (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Katie Hill (Democratic)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Harley Rouda (Democratic)Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democratic)James A. Himes (Democratic)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Sharice Davids (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Mary Gay Scanlon (Democratic)Richard E. Neal (Democratic)Antonio Delgado (Democratic)Tulsi Gabbard (Democratic)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Mike Quigley (Democratic)Sean Casten (Democratic)Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Andy Kim (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democratic)Maxine Waters (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)Elissa Slotkin (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democratic)Gwen Moore (Democratic)Grace Meng (Democratic)Cheri Bustos (Democratic)Ayanna Pressley (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)
Committees (7)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee• Environment Subcommittee• Ways and Means Committee• Agriculture Committee• Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee• Energy and Commerce Committee
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019 This bill 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.
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Timeline
Feb 28, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-611
Introduced in Senate
Feb 28, 2019
Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 27, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
  • February 28, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-611
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 28, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • February 28, 2019
    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.


  • March 1, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.


  • March 1, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.


  • March 27, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Environmental Protection

Related Bills

  • S 116-611: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019
Buy American requirementsCongressional oversightEnvironmental regulatory proceduresGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsLabor-management relationsMetalsPublic contracts and procurementPublic participation and lobbyingPublic utilities and utility ratesRacial and ethnic relationsRural conditions and developmentSolid waste and recyclingState and local financeWater qualityWater use and supply

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

USA116th CongressHR-1417| House 
| Updated: 3/27/2019
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019 This bill 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.
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Timeline
Feb 28, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 116-611
Introduced in Senate
Feb 28, 2019
Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.
Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 27, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
  • February 28, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 116-611
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 28, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • February 28, 2019
    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.


  • March 1, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.


  • March 1, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.


  • March 27, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Brenda L. Lawrence

Brenda L. Lawrence

Democratic Representative

Michigan

Cosponsors (87)
Al Lawson (Democratic)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Jared Huffman (Democratic)Barbara Lee (Democratic)Joseph P. Kennedy (Democratic)Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Mark Pocan (Democratic)Karen Bass (Democratic)Joyce Beatty (Democratic)Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democratic)David N. Cicilline (Democratic)Chrissy Houlahan (Democratic)Kathleen M. Rice (Democratic)Darren Soto (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Bill Foster (Democratic)Debra A. Haaland (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Ilhan Omar (Democratic)Eliot L. Engel (Democratic)Bobby L. Rush (Democratic)Andy Levin (Democratic)Michael F. Doyle (Democratic)Madeleine Dean (Democratic)Katherine M. Clark (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Donald M. Payne (Democratic)Haley M. Stevens (Democratic)Anthony G. Brown (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Lucille Roybal-Allard (Democratic)Daniel T. Kildee (Democratic)Ted Lieu (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Sean Patrick Maloney (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Katie Hill (Democratic)Matt Cartwright (Democratic)Mark DeSaulnier (Democratic)Harley Rouda (Democratic)Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democratic)James A. Himes (Democratic)Jerrold Nadler (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Sharice Davids (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Mary Gay Scanlon (Democratic)Richard E. Neal (Democratic)Antonio Delgado (Democratic)Tulsi Gabbard (Democratic)Salud O. Carbajal (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)Mike Quigley (Democratic)Sean Casten (Democratic)Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (Democratic)Janice D. Schakowsky (Democratic)Andy Kim (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democratic)Maxine Waters (Democratic)Nydia M. Velázquez (Democratic)Eddie Bernice Johnson (Democratic)Yvette D. Clarke (Democratic)Jose E. Serrano (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)Elissa Slotkin (Democratic)Suzanne Bonamici (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democratic)Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democratic)Gwen Moore (Democratic)Grace Meng (Democratic)Cheri Bustos (Democratic)Ayanna Pressley (Democratic)Alcee L. Hastings (Democratic)Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Chellie Pingree (Democratic)Grace F. Napolitano (Democratic)Judy Chu (Democratic)
Committees (7)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee• Environment Subcommittee• Ways and Means Committee• Agriculture Committee• Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee• Energy and Commerce Committee

Environmental Protection

Related Bills

  • S 116-611: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Buy American requirementsCongressional oversightEnvironmental regulatory proceduresGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsLabor-management relationsMetalsPublic contracts and procurementPublic participation and lobbyingPublic utilities and utility ratesRacial and ethnic relationsRural conditions and developmentSolid waste and recyclingState and local financeWater qualityWater use and supply