S 1783
116th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Arizona
Latin America
Mexico
Pipelines
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act
Introduced: June 11, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jun 11, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act
This bill directs the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission to charge Nogales, Arizona, no more than an equitable proportion of the costs for operating and maintaining the Nogales sanitation project. The sanitation project includes (1) the International Outfall Interceptor and the trunkline, which is a sewer line that carries wastewater along the U.S. and Mexico border; and (2) the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Nogales is not obligated to pay the capital costs of repairing or upgrading the project.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1