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

Introduced: May 3, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 27, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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.
Feb 28, 2019
Introduced in House
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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.

What's happening now March 27, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 62
All 62 Democratic 52
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Jun 29, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· Jun 29, 2020
 D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Jun 4, 2020
Lawson, Al
· Mar 9, 2020
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 24, 2020
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Dec 19, 2019
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Oct 15, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Oct 4, 2019
 D
Stevens, Haley M.
Michigan · Sep 17, 2019
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Sep 10, 2019
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Jun 28, 2019
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jun 20, 2019
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · May 30, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 30, 2019
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · May 15, 2019
SERRANO, JOSE
· May 15, 2019
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· May 3, 2019
 D
Davids, Sharice
Kansas · May 3, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · May 3, 2019
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · May 3, 2019
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · May 3, 2019
Richmond, Cedric
· May 3, 2019
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 3, 2019
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 3, 2019
 D
Casten, Sean
Illinois · Apr 25, 2019
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 25, 2019
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Apr 15, 2019
 D
Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Apr 10, 2019
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 26, 2019
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Mar 18, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 18, 2019
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Mar 6, 2019
Yarmuth, John
· Mar 6, 2019
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Feb 28, 2019
Bustos, Cheri
· Feb 28, 2019
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Feb 28, 2019
Delgado, Antonio
· Feb 28, 2019
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Feb 28, 2019
Gabbard, Tulsi
· Feb 28, 2019
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Feb 28, 2019
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 28, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1417: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1417/
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"H.R. 1417: Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1417/.
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