US Congress Senate Bill 1700 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)
Status: Introduced on August 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-08-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to codify the WaterSense Program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that allows water-efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services to bear a "WaterSense" label. The EPA must establish certification criteria for the WaterSense label, enhance public awareness regarding the label, preserve the label's integrity, and review, and if appropriate, revise the WaterSense label requirements. To the maximum extent practicable and no less than annually, the EPA must estimate and publish the aggregate production, aggregate market penetration, and savings of water, energy, and capital costs of water, wastewater, and stormwater attributable to the use of WaterSense-labeled products, buildings and building landscapes, facilities, processes, and services.

Water Efficiency Improvement Act of 2017

Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-08-02	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

SB1137 (Related) 2017-05-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
SB1460 (Related) 2017-09-19 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1700/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1700/BILLS-115s1700is.pdf