United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1262 (111th)
Water Quality Investment Act of 2009
Introduced
3 March 2009
Last action
16 March 2009 · Introduced
Status
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sponsors
Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8], Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Subjects
Environment, Taxation
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
Water Quality Investment Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act [CWA]) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to nonprofit organizations to provide: (1) technical assistance to rural and small municipalities for planning, developing, and financing eligible state water pollution control revolving fund projects; and (2) technical assistance and training to enable rural and small publicly owned treatment works and decentralized wastewater systems to protect water quality and comply with the CWA. Authorizes annual appropriations for FY2010-FY2014 for: (1) grants to states for administering programs for the prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution; (2) watershed pilot projects (currently called wet weather watershed pilot projects); (3) grants to states for water pollution control revolving funds; (4) a pilot program for alternative water source projects; (5) sewer overflow control grants; and (6) remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern in the Great Lakes. Expands the types of watershed pilot projects eligible for technical assistance and grants. Revises: (1) the eligibility requirements for grants for sewage collection systems; and (2) provisions concerning state water pollution control revolving funds, including by expanding the types of projects eligible for assistance. Requires states to: (1) establish affordability criteria to identify municipalities that would experience a significant hardship raising revenue for state water pollution control revolving fund projects; (2) establish a list of such projects that prioritizes water quality improvement projects for FY2011 and thereafter; and (3) provide financial assistance to only projects on such list. Prohibits state water pollution control revolving funds from being used for the construction of treatment works unless the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in such treatment works are produced in the United States. Revises provisions concerning: (1) state water pollution control revolving fund amounts reserved for Indian tribes; and (2) the use of such amounts. Changes the tonnage duty (currently, a tax) on specified vessels entering or returning to a U.S. port. Amends the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System to set forth requirements for notifying the public of sewer overflows. Amends the Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002 to authorize appropriations for FY2010-FY2014 for research on the development and use of innovative approaches, technologies, and techniques for the remediation of sediment contamination in U.S. areas of concern.
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Timeline
3 March 2009
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Source: IntroReferral
3 March 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 March 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 March 2009
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Source: Committee
4 March 2009
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
4 March 2009
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Source: Committee
5 March 2009
Reported
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
5 March 2009
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
9 March 2009
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 9.
Source: Calendars
9 March 2009
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-26.
Source: Committee
9 March 2009
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-26.
Source: Committee
11 March 2009
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 235 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1262 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation now printed in the bill.
Source: Floor
12 March 2009
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
12 March 2009
Vote
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 317 - 101 (Roll no. 123).
Source: Floor
12 March 2009
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 317 - 101 (Roll no. 123).
Source: Floor
12 March 2009
Passed
The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR H3354-3359)
Source: Floor
12 March 2009
Floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H3375)
Source: Floor
12 March 2009
Floor
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1262.
Source: Floor
12 March 2009
Floor
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1262 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation now printed in the bill.
Source: Floor
12 March 2009
Floor
The Speaker designated the Honorable Ed Pastor to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Source: Floor
12 March 2009
Floor
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 235 and Rule XVIII.
Source: Floor
12 March 2009
Floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 235. (consideration: CR H3345-3350, H3350-3376)
Source: Floor
12 March 2009
Passed
Rule H. Res. 235 passed House.
Source: Floor
16 March 2009
Introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Referred in Senate · 16 March 2009 · Download file
- Engrossed in House · 12 March 2009 · Download file
- Reported in House · 9 March 2009 · Download file
- Introduced in House · 3 March 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Referred in Senate (text)
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Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 16 March 2009
Referred in Senate (PDF)
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Engrossed in House (text)
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 12 March 2009
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Reported in House (text)
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Introduced in House (text)
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Sponsors
- Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] · D · Sponsor
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1262) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 111-36 to require states to use at least 15% (instead of 10% as required in the bill) of each capitalization grant for water pollution control to provide assistance to municipalities of less than 10,000 people to the extent that there are sufficient applications for assistance.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 111-36 to require that States, in the development of their priority methodology, give priority to projects that construct bioswales that filter and naturally store stormwater runoff and floodwaters for future water supply and recharge of natural aquifers.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 111-36 to require the OMB Director to submit to Congress a financial report containing an interagency crosscut budget for restoration activities that protect, conserve, or restore water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Also, the EPA Administrator would have to develop and update an adaptive management plan for Chesapeake Bay restoration activities.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 111-36 to authorize tribal governments to be eligible for technical and management assistance for small publicly-owned sewerage agencies; amend an existing Clean Water Act authority for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out pilot projects by ensuring that certain `green technology' activities are eligible for controlling stormwater runoff, and increase the authorization of appropriations for this authority to $100 million for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014; clarify the eligibility for construction of energy-efficient or renewable-energy generation technologies at publicly-owned sewerage agencies under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund; provide additional criteria for States to determine `affordability criteria' for waste-water infrastructure projects and activities, including factors related to per capita income and local unemployment rates; provide additional transparency and accountability for expenditures from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund by requiring EPA to conduct, and make publicly available, an annual performance review of expenditures from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, including a review of the types and categories of projects and activities carried out using the fund, and an estimate of the number of jobs created from proceeds of.the fund; strike a provision related to the collection of tonnage duties that was unnecessary; authorize additional studies on the water-related infrastructure needs along the United States-Mexican border region, and the condition of wastewater infrastructure on the Great Lakes; require States to set-aside 20 percent of combined sewer and sanitary sewer grants to communities that implement green infrastructure or other water and energy efficient improvements; and require the EPA Administrator to conduct a study on the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the waters of the United States.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 111-36 to direct the EPA to convene a task force (EPA, FDA, and others appointed by the Administrator of the EPA) to develop recommendations on the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals and a strategy to educate the public on those recommendations. It also would permit, at the request of the head of the task force, any federal agency or department to detail personnel to the task force.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 111-36 to remove all Davis-Bacon prevailing wage provisions from the bill.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 111-36 to increase from $1.8 billion to $2.5 billion the authorization level for the grant program that makes funds available for combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 111-36 to prohibit earmarking of funds appropriated as a result of the reauthorization of the Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Funds included in the bill.
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1262
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