To clarify the scope of eligible water resources projects under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-2689
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2015-06-09
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Water quality

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Defines &quot;water resources project&quot; and &quot;water resources development project&quot; to include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects, including projects designed to reclaim or reuse municipal wastewater or impaired surface or groundwater, for purposes of specified provisions of: (1) the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 concerning feasibility studies and feasibility reports for water resources projects, and (2) the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 concerning the annual Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2689 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 9, 2015 Mrs. Mimi Walters of California (for herself and Mr. Huffman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To clarify the scope of eligible water resources projects under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, and for other purposes.

1. Clarification of scope of eligible water resources projects For purposes of sections 105, 203, and 905 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2215 , 2231, 2282) and section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 2282d ), the terms water resources project and water resources development project include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects, including projects designed to reclaim or reuse municipal wastewater or impaired surface or groundwater.