CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Hillary Scholten (D-MI)

Local Water Protection Act

H.R. 7376 · House bill Environmental Protection

A Democratic bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor

Last activity — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 487.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Local Water Protection Act," aims to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The primary purpose is to reauthorize certain programs related to nonpoint source management. It achieves this by updating the fiscal years for these programs. Specifically, it shifts the timeframe from fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to fiscal years 2027 through 2031.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    The bill reauthorizes programs related to nonpoint source water management through fiscal year 2031.

  • Scored +3

    Would farmers be better off under this?

    Nonpoint source management programs often involve agricultural land use and water runoff management.

  • Scored +3

    Would people in rural areas be better off under this?

    The reauthorization of nonpoint source management supports water quality protection in rural areas where such runoff is prevalent.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.