S. 653: Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015
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S. 653: Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-04 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-04 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.) Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to: (1) declare that additional research is required into increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of new and existing treatment works through alternative approaches, including non-structural alternatives, decentralized approaches, energy use efficiency, water use efficiency, and actions to extract energy from wastewater; (2) require each water resources research and technology institute to arrange for research that fosters the exploration of new ideas that expand understanding of water resources (currently, of water-related phenomena); (3) direct the Department of the Interior to report to specified congressional committees annually on each institute's compliance with matching fund requirements and provisions permitting the use of funds only to reimburse direct cost expenditures incurred for the conduct of the water resources research program; and (4) authorize appropriations for such institutes through FY2020.
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Official text
Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · 1 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 653, Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015 (2015-05-06)
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John Boozman (R-AR)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s653.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s653 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114