S. 653 · 114th Congress
Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015
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- Senate Introduced Mar 4, 2015
- Senate Passed Jun 9, 2015
What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Jun 9, 2015
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) 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 FY2020.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2015
Latest action (Jun 11, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Policy area: Water Resources Development · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 4, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Mar 4, 2015
- Senate Passed Jun 9, 2015
No recorded floor vote found.