3.0.0 1695 2023-01-11T13:38:49Z 2023-01-11T13:38:49Z Senate S 2017-08-01 115 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-01T20:51:58Z Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2018 115 3906 HR 2018-07-17 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS Clean Water Through Green Infrastructure Act 115 6944 HR 2018-09-27 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on 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. Related bill CRS 2017-08-01 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2017-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2017-08-01 True Environmental Protection Advanced technology and technological innovations Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental technology Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Higher education Hydrology and hydrography Infrastructure development Licensing and registrations Public-private cooperation Research administration and funding Teaching, teachers, curricula Water quality Water use and supply Environmental Protection 00 2017-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2018-07-19T18:37:10Z Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants to eligible higher education institutions and research institutions to establish and maintain between three and five centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, which is any green stormwater management technique that: (1) uses natural systems or engineered systems that mimic natural processes to infiltrate, evapotranspire, or capture stormwater; and (2) preserves, enhances, or mimics natural hydrology to protect or restore water quality. One of the centers must be the national electronic clearinghouse center and operate a website and a public database on the infrastructure.

In addition, the EPA must provide grants to state, tribal, or local governments or entities that manage stormwater, drinking water resources, or wastewater resources for innovative stormwater control infrastructure projects.

The EPA must ensure that: (1) EPA's Office of Water, Office of Enforcement and Compliance, Office of Research and Development, and Office of Policy promote the use of the infrastructure in, and coordinate the integration of, permitting programs, planning efforts, research, technical assistance, and funding guidance; and (2) the Office of Water supports establishing innovative financing mechanisms in the implementation of the infrastructure. The EPA must: (1) direct each EPA regional office to promote and integrate the use of the infrastructure within the region, and (2) promote sharing information about the infrastructure approaches.

The EPA must establish the innovative stormwater control infrastructure portfolio standard of voluntary, measurable goals to increase the percentage of annual water managed by entities that use the infrastructure.

]]> Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017 Display Title Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1695is/xml/BILLS-115s1695is.xml 2017-08-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.