Water Use And Supply
US Congress 115th Congress
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act [HB-2044]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act This bill designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. The bill sets forth administrative requirements for: (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Federal Lands. on 04/19/2017
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Made in America Water Infrastructure Act [S.880]
[Water ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Made in America Water Infrastructure Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring all of the iron and steel products used in projects funded by the drinking water state revolving fund program to be produced in the United States, unless: (1) it would be inconsistent with the public interest, (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 04/06/2017
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CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act [HB-2010]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Climate Change ]
CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise requirements for the secure geological storage of carbon dioxide for the purpose of the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration. The bill establishes a December 31, 2017, deadline and requirements for regulations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is required, under current law, to establish for determining adequate security measures for the geological storage of the carbon dioxide such that carbon dioxide does not escape into the atmosphere. The IRS regulations
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Sponsored by: Rep. David McKinley
Introduced In House on 04/06/2017
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Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2017 [HB-1807]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Lacey Act and the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to exempt certain water transfers between public water supplies located on, along, or across the boundaries of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from prohibitions on illegal trade of plants and wildlife. Specifically, the prohibitions do not apply to covered water transfers containing a prohibited species if: (1) the species are present in both public water supplies before the transfer and the water is transferred
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Reported By The Committee On Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-278, Part I. on 08/25/2017
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Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2017 [S.789]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Public Water Supply Invasive Species Compliance Act of 2017 This bill amends the Lacey Act and the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 by exempting certain water transfers between public water supplies located on, along, or across the boundaries of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana from prohibitions on illegal trade of plants and wildlife. Specifically, the prohibitions do not apply to covered water transfers containing a prohibited species if: (1) the species are present in both public water supplies before the transfer and the water is transferred directly
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cornyn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 03/30/2017