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H.R. 1684: Keep American Jobs from Going Down the Drain Act

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H.R. 1684: Keep American Jobs from Going Down the Drain Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-03 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Keep American Jobs from Going Down the Drain Act

Plain summary

Keep American Jobs from Going Down the Drain Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the use of funds made available from a state loan fund or a state water pollution control revolving fund, respectively, from being used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system unless the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States. Waives such requirement when the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in consultation with the relevant governor, finds that: (1) applying such requirement would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) such goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of such goods will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%. Requires the Administrator to: (1) provide public notice and the opportunity to comment on the Administrator's intent to issue a waiver no less than 15 days prior to waiving such requirements; and (2) publish a justification of any waiver issued.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Keep American Jobs from Going Down the Drain Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), John Garamendi (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1684 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112