Water Resources Development Act of 2016
This bill authorizes, deauthorizes, and revises various U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water resources development and conservation projects, feasibility studies, and relationships with nonfederal project sponsors. It revises and sets forth requirements for reservoirs operations, flood risks, water supply, droughts, flood gate operations, harbor deepening, dredging, harbors of refuge, emerging harbors, donor ports, energy transfer ports, hurricane and storm damage reduction projects and safety restorations, a recovery plan for Gulf Coast oyster beds, ecosystem restoration projects, sediment management, and soil moisture and snowpack monitoring.
The Corps of Engineers may carry out final feasibility studies for projects in Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Additional assistance is provided to states with emergency public health threats associated with lead or other contaminants in a public drinking water supply system. The Department of Justice and the inspector general of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must report on the status of any ongoing investigations into the government's response to the drinking water contamination in Flint, Michigan.
The Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) are amended to set forth funding priorities and make additional subsidization available to projects that use state revolving loan funds for innovative water technologies.
The EPA must establish grant programs for: (1) community water systems serving disadvantaged communities, (2) reduction of lead in water for human consumption, (3) voluntary school and child care lead testing, and (4) innovations that address water challenges.
Public water systems must notify their customers of lead levels in drinking water that exceed limits under national primary drinking water regulations.
The bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2021:
The U.S. Forest Service's administration of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act is revised and reauthorized for a period of 10 fiscal years after enactment of this bill.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-19 | Floor | Held at the desk. | House floor actions |
| 2016-09-19 | Floor | Received in the House. | House floor actions |
| 2016-09-19 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2016-09-15 | Vote | Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 3. Record Vote Number: 141. (text: CR S5743-5811) | Senate |
| 2016-09-15 | Floor | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5736-5811) | Senate |
| 2016-09-14 | Vote | Cloture on the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 3. Record Vote Number: 140. (consideration: CR S5707; text: CR S5707) | Senate |
| 2016-09-14 | Floor | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5694-5718) | Senate |
| 2016-09-13 | Floor | Considered by Senate. (considered: CR S5585-5660) | Senate |
| 2016-09-12 | Floor | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5489-5499) | Senate |
| 2016-09-08 | Floor | Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S5445; text: CR S5445) | Senate |
| 2016-09-08 | Floor | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5424-5444, S5445) | Senate |
| 2016-09-07 | Floor | The committee amendments withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5356) | Senate |
| 2016-09-07 | Floor | Measure laid before Senate by motion. | Senate |
| 2016-09-07 | Floor | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S5324-5360; text as introduced: CR S5324-5356) | Senate |
| 2016-09-07 | Floor | Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5324) | Senate |
| 2016-09-06 | Floor | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5240) | Senate |
| 2016-06-20 | Calendars | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 523. | Senate |
| 2016-06-20 | Committee | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with amendments. With written report No. 114-283. | Senate |
| 2016-04-28 | Committee | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. | Senate |
| 2016-04-25 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate |
| 2016-04-25 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |