US Congress House Bill 5363 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)
Status: Introduced on July 31 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-09-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Water in the 21st Century Act or W21 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a WaterSense program to identify and promote water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services. Requires the EPA to identify other voluntary approaches to encourage recycling and reuse technologies to improve water efficiency or lower water use and to implement those approaches, if appropriate. Establishes a State Residential Water Efficiency and Conservation Incentives Program to provide financial incentives for consumers to purchase and install products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services labeled under the WaterSense program. Requires the EPA to make grants to owners or operators of water systems to address, mitigate, and adapt to any ongoing or forecasted impact of climate change on a region's water quality or quantity. Authorizes the Department of the Interior to provide financial assistance for water recycling, water infrastructure, enhanced energy efficiency in water systems, desalination projects, permanent water storage, and integrated water management in specified states. Authorizes the transfer of title to nonfederal entities of reclamation projects in need of rehabilitation that are authorized before enactment of this Act under certain conditions. Requires the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish an open water data system. Reauthorizes the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 and the Water Desalination Act of 1996 through FY2020. Revises the former by prohibiting funding for water resources research and technology institutes if Interior determines in an evaluation that they do not qualify for further support. Requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving a request from a nonfederal sponsor, to review the operation of a reservoir and update the water control manual to incorporate improved weather and runoff forecasting methods, if appropriate. Directs the EPA to develop voluntary national drought resilience guidelines relating to preparedness planning and investments for water users and providers. Requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare a salmon drought plan for California.

W21

Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-09-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
2014-08-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
2014-08-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
2014-08-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2014-08-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2014-07-31	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2014-07-31	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2014-07-31	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2014-07-31	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2014-07-31	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

HB5150 (Related) 2014-07-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
SB2226 (Related) 2014-04-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
SB2771 (Same As) 2014-07-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5363/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5363/BILLS-113hr5363ih.pdf