Jul 01, 2021
On Thursday, July 1st, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the INVEST Act, H.R. 3684, a $715 billion proposal, which includes the text of H.R. 1915, the Water Quality Protection and Job
Jul 07, 2021
On June 7, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army (the agencies) announced their intent to establish a new definition of "waters of the United States" or "WOTUS."
According
May 21, 2020
On May 20, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee that the EPA won’t be able to set drinking water limits for two PFAS chemicals in the next
Oct 29, 2019
On Oct. 29, the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a mark up session on H.R. 1497, the Water Quality and Job Creation Act of 2019. U.S. Rep. Peter
Apr 09, 2019
The 2019 National Water Policy Fly-In, held April 3-4, during Water Week 2019, was a great success! Thank you to the nearly 300 attendees who participated in the highest levels of policy advocacy
Mar 26, 2019
According to a multiple congressional staffers, Republicans and Democrats in the House are working behind the scenes to draft a big infrastructure bill; however, that bill may only tackle
Mar 14, 2019
On March 14, Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) introduced legislation (HR 1764) to support local water infrastructure projects with co-sponsors Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) and Rob Woodall (R-Ga.). The bill
Feb 01, 2019
On Jan. 31, 2019, President Trump signed an executive order furthering his efforts to require federal funds for infrastructure projects be constructed using Made in America products and
Jan 11, 2019
On Jan. 10, Water Environment Federation and 90 other organizations have sent a letter to Congress urging the funding of water infrastructure. The coalition of national, state, and local
Dec 21, 2018
President Trump’s insistence on a spending bill with border-wall money has raised the chances of a partial government shutdown this weekend.
On Dec. 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a
