Water Infrastructure Revitalization Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 1, 2005)
Water Infrastructure Revitalization Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in North Dakota, which may be provided in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects.
Requires projects to be publicly owned as a prerequisite for assistance.
Directs the Secretary to enter into local cooperation agreements with non-Federal interests for project design and construction. Sets the Federal share of project costs under local cooperation agreements at 75 percent.
Requires a reduction in the non-Federal share of the cost of constructing projects under this Act, using a Federal formula for water rate affordability, where the rate for affordability relating to the project area exceeds the average State-wide rate by a specified percentage.
Sets the non-Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance under this Act at 100 percent.
What just happenedMar 1, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMar 1, 2005
- Mar 1, 2005IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Environment and Public Works Committee - Mar 1, 2005IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1873)
- Mar 1, 2005IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate