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H.R. 1497: Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019

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H.R. 1497: Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-03-05 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 387.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-03-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 387. 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 Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019

Plain summary

Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes or otherwise updates various grant, pilot, and other programs that address water pollution under the Clean Water Act, including by making adjustments to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting program.

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Official text

Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · 57 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1497, Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2019 (2020-05-13)

Cosponsors on this site

Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Angie Craig (D-MN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Josh Harder (D-CA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ed Case (D-HI), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Seth Moulton (D-MA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1497 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116