United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4497 (114th)
Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2016
Introduced
8 February 2016
Last action
10 February 2016 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Sponsors
Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9], Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]
Subjects
Energy
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2016 This bill 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 FY2022.
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Timeline
8 February 2016
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
8 February 2016
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
8 February 2016
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
10 February 2016
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 8 February 2016 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → W21
- related to → W21
- related to → Water Resources Research Amendments Act
- related to → Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015
- related to ← Water Resources Development Act of 2016
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4497
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4497
- us · 114-hr-4497 · source updated 5 December 2025