[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 832 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                      January 28, 2008.
Whereas the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) was honored as a 2007 recipient 
        of the Environmental Protection Agency's Performance and Innovation in 
        the SRF Creating Environmental Success (PISCES) Award on November 5, 
        2007;
Whereas the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program in Texas has been a 
        front-runner and a precedent-setting program in wastewater management 
        for many years, and its CWSRF leveraging practices as well as other 
        established management practices are used by many other States as 
        examples to enhance the management of their funds;
Whereas the CWSRF program in Texas has successfully awarded communities 
        approximately $4,300,000,000 in low-interest loans to finance 472 water 
        infrastructure projects across Texas;
Whereas these projects, which serve approximately one-half of the population of 
        Texas and treat about 2,100,000,000 gallons per day of wastewater, 
        provide direct environmental and public health benefits;
Whereas the TWDB is proposing to increase the marketability and demand for the 
        CWSRF program by pursuing the use of extended loan terms beyond the 
        authorized 20-year term to a 30-year term;
Whereas the TWDB developed a State Revolving Fund Information Management System 
        to satisfy the need for more timely and accurate information on the 
        status of water and wastewater loan projects as those projects move 
        through the phases of the preapplication process and beyond;
Whereas the TWDB has actively encouraged asset management as evidenced by its 
        creation of a Best Management Practices Guide for water conservation;
Whereas the TWDB established direct authority and responsibility for the 
        coordination of the CWSRF program by creating State Revolving Fund 
        Coordinator positions;
Whereas the TWDB's Intended Use Plan Post-Mortem Review was lauded for 
        identifying various activities that will be used in improving future 
        CWSRF Intended Use Plan development processes;
Whereas the TWDB holds interoffice planning meetings that serve as monthly 
        forums to provide for interoffice discussion on State Revolving Fund 
        policies, procedures and processes, and deadlines;
Whereas the TWDB assigned cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams to manage 
        project performance review from application phase through construction, 
        and these teams are responsible for identifying and developing solutions 
        to project circumstances that may cause a project to fall behind its 
        schedule; and
Whereas the TWDB was also noted for its outstanding regional water planning 
        activities, best management practices in the areas of nonpoint source 
        pollution funding, instream flow program, work with the United States 
        Army Corps of Engineers to amend the Federal water resources development 
        legislation to further enhance its watershed approach, funding of water 
        reuse projects, agricultural and municipal water conservation projects, 
        and water conservation education activities: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the Texas Water Development Board on its selection by the 
        Environmental Protection Agency as a 2007 Performance and Innovation in 
        the SRF Creating Environmental Success (PISCES) Award recipient; and
            (2) recognizes the importance of adequate investment and management 
        of water resources in sustainable development, including environmental 
        integrity and human health and overall quality of life in the United 
        States.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.