Stephanie Bice (R-OK)
To waive certain requirements under section 306018 of title 54, United States Code, with respect to undertakings to upgrade public water systems and treatment works.
A Republican bill with no cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill aims to waive specific requirements found under section 306018 of title 54, United States Code. These requirements specifically relate to undertakings intended to upgrade public water systems and treatment works. The waiver applies if the project's primary purpose is the structural rehabilitation or upgrading of these systems. To receive this waiver, the entity performing the work must request exclusion from the responsible agency.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Streamlined Water System Upgrades: Under Section 1, subsection (a)(1), the bill allows for the waiver of section 106 requirements for projects meant for the primary purpose of structurally rehabilitating or upgrading a public water system or treatment works. This could facilitate the process of upgrading essential water infrastructure.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Reduction in Historic Preservation Requirements: Section 1, subsection (a) removes the application of section 106 requirements for specific water system undertakings if a request is made to the responsible agency. This removes the requirements described in section 306108 of title 54, United States Code, and the process described in part 800 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations.
- 2/2/2026
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- 12/2/2025
- Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, 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.
- Introduced in House