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Water Protection and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Introduced: July 14, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
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Passed Senate
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Jul 17, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Jul 15, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jul 15, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Jul 14, 2009
Referred to House Science and Technology
Jul 14, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jul 14, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jul 14, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Science and Technology, 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.
Jul 14, 2009
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Jul 14, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Water Protection and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund (Trust Fund) to support investments in clean water and drinking water infrastructure. Imposes through 2015: (1) an excise tax on the sale of containers of water-based beverages, water disposal products, and pharmaceutical products; and (2) a clean water tax on corporations. Appropriates revenues raised from such taxes to the Trust Fund.

Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allocate amounts from the Trust Fund for specified clean and safe drinking water programs.

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) expand the types of projects eligible for funding by state revolving loan funds; and (2) set forth additional criteria for states in developing priorities for assistance under such Acts; and (3) provide for technical assistance to community water systems and small water treatment works.

Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to: (1) increase the security of community water systems and water treatment works; (2) hire certified wastewater treatment operators; and (3) control sewer overflow.

Requires the Administrator to make grants to: (1) support efforts by water systems to increase energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and mitigate the impacts of climate change; (2) establish a national water infrastructure research, development, and demonstration program and regional university water research centers; and (3) take back and dispose of prescription and over-the-counter drugs in an environmentally sound manner.

What's happening now July 17, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7 Republican 1
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 30, 2010
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jun 8, 2010
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 27, 2010
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 15, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 16, 2009
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 21, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 16, 2009
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Jul 14, 2009
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