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H.R. 3248: Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2017

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H.R. 3248: Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-14 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · 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 Readiness. 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 Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2017

Plain summary

Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2017 This bill codifies the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) WaterSense program, which identifies, labels, and promotes water efficient products, buildings, landscapes, and services. This bill also establishes a program to provide financial incentives for consumers to purchase and install residential water efficient products and services labeled under the WaterSense program. In order to meet procurement requirements for a water consuming product or service, federal agencies must purchase a WaterSense product or service, or a Federal Energy Management Program designated product. Agencies do not have to procure those products or services if they are not cost-effective, or not reasonably available. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of individual taxpayers any amount received under an incentive program for the purchase and installation of residential water efficient products and services.

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Official text

Water Advanced Technologies for Efficient Resource Use Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] · 31 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Julia Brownley (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3248 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115