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H.R. 2738: Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2011

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H.R. 2738: Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-08-01 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-08-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] · 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

Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2011

Plain summary

Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish the Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program to provide grants to owners or operators of water systems for programs or projects to increase the resiliency or adaptability of the systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a U.S. region; and (2) give priority to owners or operators of water systems that are at the greatest and most immediate risk of facing significant negative impacts due to changing hydrologic conditions. Requires the Administrator to ensure that the list of grant applications funded includes a substantial number that propose to utilize innovative approaches that: (1) promote more efficient water use, water conservation, water reuse, or recycling; (2) use decentralized, low-impact development technologies and nonstructural approaches, including practices that use, enhance, or mimic the natural hydrological cycle or protect natural flows; (3) reduce stormwater runoff or flooding by protecting or enhancing natural ecosystem functions; (4) modify, upgrade, enhance, or replace existing water system infrastructure in response to changing hydrologic conditions; (5) improve water quality or quantity for agricultural and municipal uses, including through salinity reduction; and (6) provide multiple benefits, including to water supply enhancement or demand reduction, water quality protection or improvement, increased flood protection, and ecosystem protection or improvement.

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Official text

Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-23] · 22 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Judy Chu (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), William R. Keating (D-MA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2738 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112