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H.R. 569: Water Quality Investment Act of 2007

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H.R. 569: Water Quality Investment Act of 2007

110th Congress · introduced 2007-01-18 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-01-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 3 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 123 (2007): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR569 (2007-03-07), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Water Quality Investment Act of 2007

Plain summary

Water Quality Investment Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require projects receiving sewer overflow control grant assistance to be carried out subject to the requirements applicable to projects receiving assistance from state water pollution control revolving funds, except to the extent that the governor of the state in which the project is located determines that a revolving fund requirement is inconsistent with the purposes of the sewer overflow control grant program. Authorizes appropriations for sewer overflow control grants through FY2012. Modifies grant funding allocation provisions to reflect new dates of authorization and reauthorized amounts. Eliminates the set-aside for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make direct grants to municipalities and municipal entities during the second year of authorization. Establishes a December 31, 2010, deadline for the Administrator's report to Congress on recommended funding levels for sewer overflow control grants. Prohibits the funds authorized by this Act from being used to lobby governmental entities or officers or to pay for expenses related to memberships in organizations or associations.

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Official text

Water Quality Investment Act of 2007

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] · 19 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 569, Water Quality Investment Act of 2007 (2007-02-12); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 569, Water Quality Investment Act of 2007 (2007-02-12)

Cosponsors on this site

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)

Recorded votes

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr569 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110