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Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2017

Introduced: August 2, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Aug 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2017

This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to codify the WaterSense Program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that allows water-efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services to bear a "WaterSense" label.

The EPA must establish certification criteria for the WaterSense label, enhance public awareness regarding the label, preserve the label's integrity, and review, and if appropriate, revise the WaterSense label requirements.

To the maximum extent practicable and no less than annually, the EPA must estimate and publish the aggregate production, aggregate market penetration, and savings of water, energy, and capital costs of water, wastewater, and stormwater attributable to the use of WaterSense-labeled products, buildings and building landscapes, facilities, processes, and services.

What's happening now August 2, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 1137 Related bill Clean Safe Reliable Water Infrastructure Act
  • S 1460 Related bill Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Nov 1, 2017
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Aug 2, 2017
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Aug 2, 2017
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Aug 2, 2017
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Aug 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1700: Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1700/
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"S. 1700: Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1700/.
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S. 1700, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1700/.
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