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118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 873 — Water Quality and Environmental Innovation Act

“To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants and contracts for projects that use emerging technologies to address threats to water quality, and for other purposes.”

Environmental protection
Introduced Feb 8, 2023
Last action Feb 17, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Feb 8, 2023
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Referred
Feb 17, 2023
E&C · T&I · Science
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House floor
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Senate
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill establishes and transfers funds to the Water Quality and Environmental Innovation Fund. Until September 30, 2028, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may use the fund to award grants and contracts to carry out projects (1) that use emerging technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence or quantum information science) to address threats to water quality; or (2) for the research, development, or design of such technologies. Threats to water quality that may be addressed under a project carried out using a grant or contract may include acidification; the accumulation of plastics, trash, and microplastics; hydrologic alterations, such as restricting tidal flow; nutrient release a...

Provisions · 7 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 5 actions
Feb 17, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
Feb 8, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 8, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 8, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 8, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.