H.R. 1162: Water Recycling Investment and Improvement Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-13 · Water Resources Development · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 551.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 551. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Water Recycling Investment and Improvement Act

Plain summary

Water Recycling Investment and Improvement Act This bill makes permanent and otherwise revises the Bureau of Reclamation's grant program for the funding of water recycling and reuse projects. The bill removes priority under the program for projects in areas that in the preceding four-year period have been (1) identified as experiencing severe, extreme, or exceptional drought; or (2) designated as a disaster area by a state. Additionally, the bill increases the authorization of appropriations for the program and otherwise revises provisions related to program funding.

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Official text

Water Recycling Investment and Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] · 27 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1162, Water Recycling Investment and Improvement Act (2020-11-06)

Cosponsors on this site

Jared Huffman (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA)

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr1162.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1162 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116