Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1729
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2023-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: 

Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023

 
This bill increases funding for water infrastructure, including funding for several programs related to controlling water pollution or protecting drinking water.
 
 Specifically, it establishes a Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Trust Fund. The fund may be used for specified grant programs.
 
The bill increases the corporate income tax rate to 24.5% to provide revenues for the fund.
 
In addition, the bill revises requirements concerning the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF, including by prohibiting states from providing financial assistance using amounts from the clean water SRF for projects that will provide substantial direct benefits to new communities other than projects for constructing an advanced decentralized wastewater system. 
 
It also creates or reauthorizes several grant programs related to water infrastructure, such as grants for removing lead from drinking water. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
action_date: 2023-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1305)
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Introduced in House