HR 1352 United States House · 117th Congress

Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021

Summary

Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021 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. It also creates or reauthorizes several grant programs for water infrastructure.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2021

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Introduced Feb 25, 2021 Last action Apr 5, 2021

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Committee

Apr 5, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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Feb 26, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

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Feb 26, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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Feb 25, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, 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.

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Feb 25, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 102 co-sponsors