US Congress HR1262

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On March 16, 2009 in the Senate:

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

On March 12, 2009 in the House:

H.AMDT.28 Amendment offered by Mr. Oberstar. Amendment authorizes tribal governments to be eligible for technical and management assistance for small publicly-owned sewerage agencies; amends an existing Clean Water Act authority for the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out pilot projects by ensuring that certain "green technology" activities are eligible for controlling stormwater runoff and increases the authorization of appropriations for this authority to $100 million for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014; clarifies eligibility for construction of energy-efficient or renewable-energy generation technologies at publicly-owned sewerage agencies under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund; provides 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; provides 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; strikes a provision related to the collection.of tonnage duties that was unnecessary; authorizes 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; requires 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 requires the EPA Administrator to conduct a study on the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the waters of the United States.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Oberstar amendment.
H.AMDT.28 On agreeing to the Oberstar amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
H.AMDT.29 Amendment offered by Mr. Mack. Amendment sought to remove all Davis-Bacon prevailing wage provisions from the bill.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Mack amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Mack amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr Mack demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
H.AMDT.30 Amendment offered by Ms. Markey . Amendment requires states to use at least 15% 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.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Markey amendment.
H.AMDT.30 On agreeing to the Markey amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
H.AMDT.31 Amendment offered by Mrs. Miller . Amendment directs the EPA to convene a task force to develop recommendations on the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals and a strategy to educate the public on those recommendations. It also permits, at the request of the head of the task force, any federal agency or department to detail personnel to the task force.
H.AMDT.31 On agreeing to the Miller amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On March 12, 2009 in the Senate:

The Committee of the Whole rose informally to recieve a message from the Senate.
Subsequently, the Committee resumed it's sitting.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole continued with further general debate on H.R. 1262 .

On March 12, 2009 in the House:

Rule H. Res. 235 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 235 .
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.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 235 and Rule XVIII.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Ed Pastor to act as Chairman of the Committee.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1262 .
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Miller amendment.
H.AMDT.32 Amendment offered by Mr. Flake. Amendment prohibits earmarking of funds appropriated as a result of the reauthorization of the Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Funds included in the bill.
H.AMDT.32 On agreeing to the Flake amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
H.AMDT.33 Amendment offered by Mr. Oberstar. Amendment requires 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.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Oberstar amendment.
H.AMDT.33 On agreeing to the Oberstar amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
H.AMDT.34 Amendment offered by Mr. Roskam. Amendment requires the Director of OMB to study programs authorized by the Act under the Program Assessment Rating Tool or a successor performance assessment tool developed by OMB.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Roskam amendment.
H.AMDT.34 On agreeing to the Roskam amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
H.AMDT.35 Amendment offered by Mrs. Dahlkemper. Amendment requires certification by a system operator that both water and energy conservation are components of their fiscal sustainability plan.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Dahlkemper amendment.
H.AMDT.35 On agreeing to the Dahlkemper amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
H.AMDT.36 Amendment offered by Mr. Wittman. Amendment requires 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. In addition, the EPA Administrator would be required to develop and update an adaptive management plan for Chesapeake Bay restoration activities.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wittman amendment.
H.AMDT.36 On agreeing to the Wittman amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
H.AMDT.37 Amendment offered by Mr. Driehaus. Amendment as modified, increases 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.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Driehaus amendment.
H.AMDT.37 Driehaus amendment modified by unanimous consent. The modification is technical in nature.
H.AMDT.37 On agreeing to the Driehaus amendment as modified Agreed to by voice vote.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debate earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
H.AMDT.29 On agreeing to the Mack amendment Failed by recorded vote: 140 - 284 .
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1262 .
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 317 - 101 .

On March 11, 2009 in the House:

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.

On March 9, 2009 in the House:

Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-26 .
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 9.

On March 5, 2009 in the House:

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

On March 4, 2009 in the House:

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

On March 3, 2009 in the House:

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

H.AMDT.28

Amendment authorizes tribal governments to be eligible for technical and management assistance for small publicly-owned sewerage agencies; amends 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 increases the authorization of appropriations for this authority to $100 million for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014; clarifies eligibility for construction of energy-efficient or renewable-energy generation technologies at publicly-owned sewerage agencies under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund; provides 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; provides 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; strikes a provision related to the collection.of tonnage duties that was unnecessary; authorizes 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; requires 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 requires the EPA Administrator to conduct a study on the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the waters of the United States.

H.AMDT.29

Amendment sought to remove all Davis-Bacon prevailing wage provisions from the bill.

H.AMDT.30

Amendment requires 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.

H.AMDT.31

Amendment directs 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 permits, at the request of the head of the task force, any federal agency or department to detail personnel to the task force.

H.AMDT.32

Amendment prohibits earmarking of funds appropriated as a result of the reauthorization of the Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Funds included in the bill.

H.AMDT.33

Amendment requires 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.

H.AMDT.34

Amendment requires the Director of OMB to study programs authorized by the Act under the Program Assessment Rating Tool or a successor performance assessment tool developed by OMB.

H.AMDT.35

Amendment requires certification by a system operator that both water and energy conservation are components of their fiscal sustainability plan.

H.AMDT.36

Amendment requires 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. In addition, the EPA Administrator would be required to develop and update an adaptive management plan for Chesapeake Bay restoration activities.

H.AMDT.37

Amendment as modified, increases 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.

March 12, 2009: On Agreeing to the Amendment

Yeas: 140
Nays: 284
Absent: 13

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March 12, 2009: On Passage

Yeas: 317
Nays: 101
Absent: 13

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US - Representative James L. Oberstar (D)

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US Congress HR1262

Water Quality Investment Act of 2009

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