US Congress House Bill 4659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on October 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides support for rehabilitating aging water-supply infrastructure (e.g., dams) and establishes a pilot project within the Bureau of Reclamation to review flood measures. The bill establishes within the Department of Treasury the Aging Infrastructure Account, which shall provide funds and funding assistance to entities responsible for costs of certain major, nonrecurring maintenance of bureau-owned water infrastructure. The bill also requires the bureau to establish a pilot program to adjust the flood control rule curves (i.e., the amount of storage space required to capture floodwater) for certain facilities.

Water Supply Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Utilization Act

Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-10-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2019-10-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
2019-10-11	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
2019-10-11	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1272)
2019-10-11	House	Introduced in House

SB2044 (Related) 2019-10-29 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 277.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4659/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4659/BILLS-116hr4659ih.pdf