[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1710 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1710

  To amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to 
provide additional financing options for water infrastructure projects 
 carried out in States in which the Governor of the State has issued a 
    state of drought emergency declaration, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2015

 Mr. McNerney (for himself, Ms. Matsui, and Mr. Honda) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
  and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to 
provide additional financing options for water infrastructure projects 
 carried out in States in which the Governor of the State has issued a 
    state of drought emergency declaration, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Drought Resilience Investment Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. FINANCING OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN STATES WITH 
              DROUGHT DECLARATIONS.

    Section 5028(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act 
of 2014 (128 Stat. 1336) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5) by striking ``No project'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph (8), no project''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) Projects in states with drought declarations.--
                    ``(A) Exemption.--Paragraph (5) shall not apply 
                with respect to a project carried out in a State during 
                any period in which the State has in effect a state of 
                drought declaration issued by the Governor of the 
                State.
                    ``(B) Period of state of drought declaration.--For 
                purposes of subparagraph (A), a state of drought 
                declaration shall remain in effect until the date on 
                which the Governor rescinds the declaration.
                    ``(C) Sunset date.--This paragraph shall cease to 
                apply beginning on September 30, 2018.''.
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