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H.R. 2689: To clarify the scope of eligible water resources projects under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 2689: To clarify the scope of eligible water resources projects under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, and for other purposes.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-09 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45] · 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 Water Resources and Environment. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To clarify the scope of eligible water resources projects under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Defines "water resources project" and "water resources development project" to include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects, including projects designed to reclaim or reuse municipal wastewater or impaired surface or groundwater, for purposes of specified provisions of: (1) the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 concerning feasibility studies and feasibility reports for water resources projects, and (2) the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 concerning the annual Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development.

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Official text

To clarify the scope of eligible water resources projects under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45] · 38 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jared Huffman (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2689 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114