US Congress House Bill 1684 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-2)
Status: Introduced on May 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Keep American Jobs from Going Down the Drain Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the use of funds made available from a state loan fund or a state water pollution control revolving fund, respectively, from being used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system unless the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States. Waives such requirement when the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in consultation with the relevant governor, finds that: (1) applying such requirement would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) such goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of such goods will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%. Requires the Administrator to: (1) provide public notice and the opportunity to comment on the Administrator's intent to issue a waiver no less than 15 days prior to waiving such requirements; and (2) publish a justification of any waiver issued.

Keep American Jobs from Going Down the Drain Act

Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
2011-05-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2011-05-03	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2011-05-03	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2011-05-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1684/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1684/BILLS-112hr1684ih.pdf