US HB2510 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-1)
Status: Introduced on May 18 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017 The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize through FY2022: programs for preventing and reducing pollution through research, investigations, and training; state and interstate water pollution control programs; wet weather watershed pilot projects; a grant program for implementing state management programs for controlling pollution added from nonpoint sources (e.g., pollution on the ground picked up by rain) to navigable waters; a grant program for protecting groundwater quality; clean water state revolving funds; a pilot program for alternative water source projects; and sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants (formally known as sewer overflow control grants). The bill authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to rural, small, and tribal municipalities for addressing pollution. The bill revises requirements governing capitalization grant agreements, clean water state revolving funds, and sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants.

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Title

Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2017

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-05-19HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2017-05-18HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2017-05-18HouseIntroduced in House

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