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US Congress 117th Congress

Rural Equal Aid Act [HB-498] [Agriculture ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to subsidize payments on loans made under certain rural development loan programs, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 02/24/2021

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Emergency Water is a Human Right Act [HB-616] [Water ] [Human Rights ] [Public Health ] [Disaster Relief ] [Consumer Protection ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Poverty ] [Human Services ]
To prohibit water shutoffs during the COVID-19 emergency period, provide drinking and waste water assistance to households, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And Climate Change. on 02/02/2021

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Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2021 [HB-481] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Taxes ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Public Safety ] [Climate Change ] [Budget and Spending ]
To safeguard taxpayer resources and strengthen the Nation's resilience against severe storms and flooding.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings, And Emergency Management. on 02/04/2021

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Build America, Buy America Act [S.2056] [Infrastructure ] [Trade ] [Manufacturing ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ]
A bill to ensure that Federal infrastructure programs require the use of materials produced in the United States, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rob Portman Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 07/08/2019

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An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. [SCR-11] [Agriculture ] [Budget and Spending ] [Defense ] [Economic Development ] [Education ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Infrastructure ] [International ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [National Security ] [Poverty ] [Science ] [Senior Citizens ] [Small Business ] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Veterans ] [Water ]
An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. Establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2016 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2017-FY2025. TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses (Sec. 1101) Recommends levels and amounts for FY2016-FY2025 for federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael B. Enzi Message On Senate Action Sent To The House. on 05/06/2015

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Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2015 [S.921] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Budget and Spending ]
Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 2015 (Sec. 4) This bill requires the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to establish a nonregulatory Delaware River Basin restoration program, under which it shall: (1) draw on management plans for the basin or portions of the basin and work in consultation with applicable management entities, including representatives of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, the Delaware River Basin Commission, the federal government, other state and local governments, and regional and nonprofit organizations, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey Committee On Environment And Public Works. Reported By Senator Inhofe Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 114-294. on 07/07/2016

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Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act of 2015 [S.886] [Energy ] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Infrastructure ] [Climate Change ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ]
Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act of 2015 This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish and carry out a smart energy and water efficiency pilot program to award grants to utilities, municipalities, water districts, and other water authorities for demonstrating novel and innovative technology-based solutions that will: increase the energy efficiency of water, wastewater, and water reuse systems; improve those systems to help communities make significant progress in conserving water, saving (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Hearings Held. on 04/30/2015

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Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 [S.741] [Water ] [Infrastructure ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Disaster Relief ] [Public Health ]
Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2015 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to provide grants in each of FY2015-FY2019 for programs or projects to increase the resiliency or adaptability of water systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a U.S. region. A water system is a community water system, a treatment works, a decentralized wastewater treatment system for domestic sewage, a groundwater (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S1530; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1530-1531) on 03/16/2015

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Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015 [S.653] [Water ] [Science ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Budget and Spending ]
Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to: (1) declare that additional research is required into increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of new and existing treatment works through alternative approaches, including non-structural alternatives, decentralized approaches, energy use efficiency, water use efficiency, and actions to extract energy from wastewater; (2) require each water resources research and technology institute to arrange for research that fosters the exploration (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 06/11/2015

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Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act [S.611] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Health ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Small Business ]
Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act (Sec. 4) This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize through FY2020 the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) program providing technical assistance to small public water systems in complying with national primary drinking water regulations. The EPA may use the funds to provide grants or cooperative agreements to nonprofit organizations that provide onsite technical assistance; circuit-rider technical assistance programs; multistate, regional technical assistance (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar Signed By President. on 12/11/2015

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Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act [S.593] [Water ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act (Sec. 4) Directs the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by the Bureau for which operations and maintenance are performed by Bureau employees or through a contract with the Bureau) at Reclamation facilities (infrastructure assets that are owned by the Bureau at each (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Schatz Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With Amendments. With Written Report No. 114-128. on 09/09/2015

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New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act [S.501] [Water ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Native American Affairs ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
New Mexico Navajo Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to expand the current authorization for the construction or rehabilitation and operation and maintenance of conjunctive use wells in the San Juan River Basin, Little Colorado River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin in New Mexico to include the planning and design of those wells. Revises the percentages of funds authorized for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, conjunctive use wells, and San Juan River Irrigation Projects that (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall Signed By President. on 09/30/2015

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IRRIGATE Act Irrigation Rehabilitation and Renovation for Indian Tribal Governments and Their Economies Act [S.438] [Agriculture ] [Water ] [Native American Affairs ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Safety ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Economic Development ]
IRRIGATE Act Irrigation Rehabilitation and Renovation for Indian Tribal Governments and Their Economies Act TITLE I--INDIAN IRRIGATION FUND (Sec. 101) This bill establishes the Indian Irrigation Fund (Fund), from which the Department of the Interior may make expenditures to carry out this Act. (Sec. 102) The Department of the Treasury may deposit into such Fund for each of FY2016-FY2037 specified amounts of revenues that would otherwise be deposited in the reclamation fund. Interior may expend such amounts as provided in advance in appropriations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael B. Enzi Committee On Indian Affairs. Reported By Senator Barrasso With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 114-245. on 04/27/2016

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American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016 [S.3110] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ]
American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thom Tillis Motion To Proceed To Measure Considered In Senate. (consideration: Cr S6427-6438) on 11/17/2016

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Southeastern Oregon Mineral Withdrawal and Economic Preservation and Development Act [S.3048] [Mining ] [Economic Development ] [Water ] [Agriculture ] [Infrastructure ] [Telecommunications ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Disaster Relief ] [Community Development ] [Air Quality ] [Energy ] [Public Safety ]
Southeastern Oregon Mineral Withdrawal and Economic Preservation and Development Act This bill establishes the Southeastern Oregon Withdrawal Area, comprising 2.065 million acres of specified federal land in Malheur County, Oregon, which shall be withdrawn from certain public land, mining, and mineral leasing laws. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall make grants for projects in Oregon to develop modern and efficient water systems. USDA shall establish an Agricultural Center for Excellence in the county. The Farm Security and Rural Investment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. (sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure: Cr S3796) on 06/10/2016

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Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction Act [S.3044] [Budget and Spending ] [Community Development ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Elections ] [Energy ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Infrastructure ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Telecommunications ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Water ]
Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction Act This bill establishes a Puerto Rico Reconstruction Finance Corporation to accept applications from the government of Puerto Rico or its municipalities to restructure their bond debts through a process under which: (1) the corporation will purchase the bonds from bond holders at the price the holder paid for the bond, and (2) the par value of each bond is reduced to the last price paid for the bond. Impairment of pension benefits is not permitted. The board of the corporation must consist of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/09/2016

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A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund. [S.2959] [Water ] [Native American Affairs ] [Funding ]
A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to specify that settlement funds may be used for the planning, design, and construction of the tribe's rural water system.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 11/15/2016

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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 [S.2956] [Agriculture ] [Food ] [Budget and Spending ] [Healthcare ] [Small Business ] [Energy ] [Water ] [Public Health ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Consumer Protection ] [Animals ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Housing ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Poverty ]
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Provides FY2017 appropriations to the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and related agencies. TITLE I--AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS Provides appropriations for the following agricultural programs and services: the Office of the Secretary; Executive Operations; the Office of the Chief Information Officer; the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights; the Office (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jerry Moran Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Moran. With Written Report No. 114-259. on 05/19/2016

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A bill to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to strike the termination date for funding for pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water in Lake Mead, and for other purposes. [S.2907] [Water ] [Energy ] [Budget and Spending ] [Infrastructure ]
A bill to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to strike the termination date for funding for pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water in Lake Mead, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 to make permanent the authority of the Department of the Interior to fund pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water in Lake Mead and the initial units of Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs to address (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harry Reid Committee On Energy And Natural Resources Subcommittee On Water And Power. Hearings Held. on 05/17/2016

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Western Water Supply and Planning Enhancement Act of 2016 [S.2902] [Water ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Native American Affairs ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Science ] [Climate Change ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Construction ] [Agriculture ]
Western Water Supply and Planning Enhancement Act of 2016 TITLE I--LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS FOR WESTERN STATES SUBJECT TO DROUGHT Subtitle A--Water Supply Improvements (Sec. 101) This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to: (1) submit a report including, for any state in which a county designated by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a drought disaster area during water year 2015 is located, a list of projects operated for flood control in accordance with rules prescribed under the Flood Control Act of 1944; and (2) carry out at least (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski With Amendments. With Written Report No. 114-353. on 09/15/2016

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