[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 115 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D733-D735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 50 public bills, H.R. 4295-
4344; and 7 resolutions, H.J. Res. 54; and H. Res. 517-522, were 
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Committee on Appropriations. Suballocation of Budget Allocations for 
Fiscal Year 2022 (H. Rept. 117-78);
  H.R. 4345, making appropriations for Financial Services and General 
Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 117-79); and
  H.R. 4346, making appropriations for Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
117-80).                                                     
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Blumenauer to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface 
Transportation in America Act: The House passed H.R. 3684, to authorize 
funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit 
programs, by a yea-and-nay vote of 221 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 208. 
Consideration began Wednesday, June 30th.                
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  Rejected the Gibbs motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure by a yea-and-nay vote of 202 yeas to 
217 nays, Roll No. 207.                                  
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Agreed to:
Davids (KS) en bloc amendment No. 5 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in H. Rept. 117-75 that was debated on June 30th: 
Barragan (No. 116) that broadens the scope of the GAO consolidation 
report to include policy recommendations on alternative compliance 
strategies and recommended best practices on including public 
participation in distressed water system consolidations; Bush (No. 117) 
that requires EPA Administrator to undertake a review of current and 
ongoing efforts to remediate radiological contamination at Coldwater 
Creek in North St. Louis County, MO; Craig (No. 118) that adds the text 
of the House-passed Local Water Protection Act, which would amend the 
Clean Water Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to nonpoint 
source management at $200 million for each of Fiscal Years 2022 through 
2026; Escobar (No. 123) that reauthorizes the Wastewater Assistance to 
Colonias program and increases its authorization level; Green (TX) (No. 
124) that seeks to require the Environmental Protection Agency to 
publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national 
primary drinking water regulation under section 1412 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act for chromium-6 within 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act; Jackson Lee (No. 126) that directs that the 
report the EPA Administrator is required by Section 12020 to submit to 
Congress also document the harm and injury caused by any identified 
inequities in the distribution of wastewater infrastructure funds with 
respect to the identified needs of rural communities, economically 
disadvantaged communities; Jackson Lee

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(No. 127) that establishes a Natural Hazard Education And Response 
Grant Program for community water systems to carry out activities to 
educate and assist persons served by the community water system in 
adapting and responding to malevolent acts and natural hazards, 
including sub-zero temperatures, that disrupt the provision of safe 
drinking water or significantly affect the public health or the safety 
or supply of drinking water provided to communities and individuals; 
Kaptur (No. 128) that clarifies the reporting requirements for the 
green project reserve program, setting clearer guidelines for EPA to 
track the categories of innovative projects that address green 
infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other 
environmentally innovative activities; Kildee (No. 129) that requires 
EPA to create a website to help private well owners understand their 
water quality testing results and provide information on improving 
their water quality; Krishnamoorthi (No. 130) that requires the EPA to 
conduct a study on the effect of toilet wipes marketed as flushable on 
municipal water systems and residential plumbing systems; Lawrence (No. 
131) that requires a GAO report on affordability, discrimination, and 
civil rights violations in water and sewer services nationwide; Lee 
(NV) (No. 133) that requires that any wastewater infrastructure funded 
using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund or other Clean Water Act 
grant programs to first undergo a climate resiliency assessment, which 
would ensure that future wastewater infrastructure is designed and 
constructed to withstand potential impacts of climate change, including 
drought; McNerney (No. 136) that amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
establish a publicly accessible website at the Environmental Protection 
Agency on reported water main breaks and associated repair activity; 
Moore (WI) (No. 137) that strengthens an existing water infrastructure 
workforce program to help ensure that low-income and very low-income 
individuals, including those with barriers to employment, are targeted 
to receive job training on careers in the water and waste-water sectors 
and increases the authorized funding level to $25 million annually; 
Moore (WI) (No. 138) that authorizes an EPA grant program to support 
regional stormwater centers of excellence to conduct research and 
development on innovative stormwater control technologies; Moore (WI) 
(No. 139) that encourages the use of contractors to carryout lead pipe 
replacements who hire or provide job training to low-income and very 
low-income individuals who live in the areas in which such projects 
will take place and requires a report about the effectiveness of the 
lead pipe replacement program, including the use of funds to hire low-
income and very low-income individuals to carry out the projects; 
Norcross (No. 140) that requires EPA to develop guidance to help public 
water systems identify high-risk locations for purposes of focusing 
efforts to test drinking water for lead and replace lead service lines; 
Ocasio-Cortez (No. 141) that doubles the funding to replace and update 
lead water infrastructure in schools and childcare programs to $1 
billion total (or $100 million per year); O'Halleran (No. 142) that 
addresses the Indian Health Service'' updated 2019 Sanitation 
Facilities Deficiency List--which details sanitation deficiency levels 
for tribal homes and communities nationwide--by setting aside funding 
for the planning, design, construction, modernization, improvement, and 
renovation of water, sewer, and solid waste sanitation facilities; 
Payne (No. 144) that prioritizes areas with a history of lead water 
contamination for lead water filtration grants to schools and child 
care facilities; Sewell (No. 145) that increases the Authorization of 
Appropriations for the Household Wastewater Grant Program to 
$100,000,000 a year for fiscal years FY2022 to FY2026; Tlaib (No. 146) 
that explicitly requires reconnections for residential customers 
regardless of whether their entire debt is paid off; Tlaib (No. 147) 
that adds a study and data collection provisions regarding the 
prevalence of low-income households in the U.S. who do not have access 
to affordable wastewater, stormwater, and drinking water services; 
Vargas (No. 148) that allows the Environmental Protection Agency to 
allocate funds to the International Boundary and Water Commission 
(IBWC), in order for the IBWC to carry out planning and construction, 
among other related activities, to establish treatment works that 
address transboundary stormwater and wastewater pollution; and Vargas 
(No. 149) that establishes the California New River Restoration 
program, through which the Environmental Protection Agency would 
provide funds, technical assistance, and coordinate local, state and 
federal stakeholders for the purpose of improving water quality, water 
management and wildlife protection relating to the U.S. section of the 
New River (by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 
205); and                                                
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  Lee (NV) amendment (No. 132 printed in H. Rept. 117-75) that was 
debated on June 30th that requires that any wastewater infrastructure 
funded using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund or other Clean Water 
Act grant programs to first undergo a climate resiliency assessment, 
which would ensure that future wastewater infrastructure is designed 
and constructed to withstand potential impacts of climate change, 
including drought (by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 200 nays, Roll 
No. 206).                                                
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  Agreed by unanimous consent that in the engrossment of the bill, the 
Clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, spelling, 
and cross-references and to make such other technical and conforming 
changes as may be necessary to reflect the actions of the House. 
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  H. Res. 508, the rule providing for further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 3684) was agreed to yesterday, June 30th.
Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United 
States Capitol--Appointment: The Chair announces the Speaker's 
appointment of the following Members to the Select Committee to 
Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol 
Representative Thompson (MS), Chair; Representatives Lofgren, Schiff, 
Aguilar, Cheney, Murphy (FL), Raskin, and Luria.             
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H3585, H3586, H3586-87, and 
H3587-88.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:01 p.m.