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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3143 
To provide for a smart water resource management pilot program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2015 
Mr. MCNERNEY (for himself and Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for a smart water resource management pilot 
program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smart Energy and 
Water Efficiency Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. SMART ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY PILOT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a utility; 
(B) a municipality; 
(C) a water district; and 
(D) any other authority that provides 
water, wastewater, or water reuse services. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(3) SMART ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY 
PILOT
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘smart energy and 
water efficiency pilot program’’ or ‘‘pilot program’’ 
means the pilot program established under sub-
section (b). 
(b) SMART ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY PILOT 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
and carry out a smart energy and water efficiency 
management pilot program in accordance with this 
section. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the smart en-
ergy and water efficiency pilot program is to award 
grants to eligible entities to demonstrate advanced 
and innovative technology-based solutions that will— 
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(A) increase and improve the energy effi-
ciency of water, wastewater, and water reuse 
systems to help communities across the United 
States make significant progress in conserving 
water, saving energy, and reducing costs; 
(B) support the implementation of innova-
tive processes and the installation of advanced 
automated systems that provide real-time data 
on energy and water; and 
(C) improve energy and water conserva-
tion, water quality, and predictive maintenance 
of energy and water systems, through the use 
of Internet-connected technologies, including 
sensors, intelligent gateways, and security em-
bedded in hardware. 
(3) PROJECT SELECTION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make competitive, merit-reviewed grants under 
the pilot program to not less than 3, but not 
more than 5, eligible entities. 
(B) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting an 
eligible entity to receive a grant under the pilot 
program, the Secretary shall consider— 
(i) energy and cost savings anticipated 
to result from the project; 
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(ii) the innovative nature, commercial 
viability, and reliability of the technology 
to be used; 
(iii) the degree to which the project 
integrates next-generation sensors, soft-
ware, hardware, analytics, and manage-
ment tools; 
(iv) the anticipated cost-effectiveness 
of the pilot project in terms of energy effi-
ciency savings, water savings or reuse, and 
infrastructure costs averted; 
(v) whether the technology can be de-
ployed in a variety of geographic regions 
and the degree to which the technology can 
be implemented on a smaller or larger 
scale, including whether the technology can 
be implemented by each type of eligible en-
tity; 
(vi) whether the technology has been 
successfully deployed elsewhere; 
(vii) whether the technology is sourced 
from a manufacturer based in the United 
States; and 
(viii) whether the project will be com-
pleted in 5 years or less. 
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(C) APPLICATIONS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), an eligible entity seeking a grant 
under the pilot program shall submit to 
the Secretary an application at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary determines to be 
necessary. 
(ii) CONTENTS.—An application under 
clause (i) shall, at a minimum, include— 
(I) a description of the project; 
(II) a description of the tech-
nology to be used in the project; 
(III) the anticipated results, in-
cluding energy and water savings, of 
the project; 
(IV) a comprehensive budget for 
the project; 
(V) the names of the project lead 
organization and any partners; 
(VI) the number of users to be 
served by the project; and 
(VII) any other information that 
the Secretary determines to be nec-
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