HR 1729 118th Congress House Environmental Protection

Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023

Introduced: March 22, 2023 Introduced by: Watson Coleman, Bonnie Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

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Apr 25, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

Mar 31, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.

Mar 23, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Mar 22, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

Mar 22, 2023

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1305)

Mar 22, 2023

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023

This bill increases funding for water infrastructure, including 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. The fund may be used for specified grant programs.

The bill increases the corporate income tax rate to 24.5% to provide revenues for the fund.

In addition, the bill revises requirements concerning the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF, including by prohibiting states from providing financial assistance using amounts from the clean water SRF for projects that will provide substantial direct benefits to new communities other than projects for constructing an advanced decentralized wastewater system.

It also creates or reauthorizes several grant programs related to water infrastructure, such as grants for removing lead from drinking water.

What's happening now April 25, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

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