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HR 3404 117th Congress House Water Resources Development

FUTURE Western Water Infrastructure and Drought Resiliency Act

Introduced: August 13, 2021 Introduced by: Huffman, Jared Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jul 5, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
May 21, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
May 21, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
May 20, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 20, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Furthering Underutilized Technologies and Unleashing Responsible Expenditures for Western Water Infrastructure and Drought Resiliency Act or the FUTURE Western Water Infrastructure and Drought Resiliency Act

This bill addresses water-related resources and infrastructure.

Among other provisions, the bill

  • reauthorizes through FY2026 the California Bay-Delta program, the Water Availability and Use Science Program, and a water desalination program;
  • reauthorizes through FY2028 the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation program;
  • creates various grants for water projects and expands the allowable uses of grants for water recycling and reuse projects;
  • establishes a funding source for certain water resources development projects in western states;
  • expands the tax exclusion for energy conservation subsidies provided by public utilities to include certain subsidies for water conservation or efficiency measures and stormwater management measures;
  • establishes prizes for water technology applications;
  • requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to use specified funds for water control manual updates for forecast-informed water operations projects; and
  • allows certain funding to be used for the remediation of land formerly used to cultivate marijuana.

The Department of the Interior must, within 10 years, make certain streamgages operational. (Streamgages are fixed structures at streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs that measure water level and related streamflow.)

The bill establishes programs related to ecosystem protection and restoration, including programs to (1) incentivize farmers to keep fields flooded during appropriate periods for waterbird habitat creation and maintenance, and (2) prepare drought plans to sustain critically important fisheries.

What's happening now July 5, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 11
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Aug 13, 2021
McNerney, Jerry
· Aug 13, 2021
 D
Swalwell, Eric
California · Jul 21, 2021
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jul 16, 2021
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 29, 2021
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jun 8, 2021
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Jun 8, 2021
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jun 8, 2021
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Jun 8, 2021
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 20, 2021
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · May 20, 2021
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · May 20, 2021
 D
Levin, Mike
California · May 20, 2021
Napolitano, Grace
· May 20, 2021
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · May 20, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3404: FUTURE Western Water Infrastructure and Drought Resiliency Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3404/
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"H.R. 3404: FUTURE Western Water Infrastructure and Drought Resiliency Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3404/.
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