An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 111-82 to require that the National Water Research Development Plan specified in the bill be revised and resubmitted to Congress every 4 years after its initial submission. Also, it would authorize appropriations of $2 million for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014. It also would (1) require review of measures related to abating water quality impairment, (2) require the committee to work with institutions of higher education, (3) require cooperation with commercial end users, (4) require relevant information be posted on a public website, and (5) require research into watershed hydrology. It would require that the plan include a focus on the (1) development of the effect of invasive species on water supplies, (2) development of technologies to treat eutrophic water bodies, (3) development of a program to assist state and local regions regarding land conservation, (4) improvement of understanding of chemical impairments to water supply and quality, and (5) identification of whether a need exists for additional water research facilities. It requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to write to Congress and evaluate the budget as it relates to water research. It expresses the sense of Congress that the interagency committee sho.ld collaborate with public institutions of higher education. It requires the EPA to establish a pilot program exploring the use of energy audits of water-related infrastructure to identify energy and water saving opportunities.
What it does: 21 changes: replaces text in 14 places, inserts text in 5 places, adds a section, strikes text
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)Description
Amendment requires that the National Water Research Development Plan specified in the bill be revised and resubmitted to Congress every 4 years after its initial submission and authorizes appropriations of $2 million for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014. It also (1) requires a review of measures related to abating water quality impairment; (2) requires the committee to work with institutions of higher education; (3) requires cooperation with commercial end users; (4) requires relevant information to be posted on a public website; and (5) requires research into watershed hydrology. The amendment further requires that the plan include a focus on (1) development of the effect of invasive species on water supplies; (2) development of technologies to treat eutrophic water bodies; (3) development of a program to assist state and local regions regarding land conservation; (4) improvement of understanding of chemical impairments to water supply and quality; and (5) identification of whether a need exists for additional water research facilities. In addition, the amendment requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to write to Congress and evaluate the budget as it relates to water research. Finally, the amendment expresses the sense of Congress that the interagency committee should collaborate with public institutions.of higher education and it requires the EPA to establish a pilot program exploring the use of energy audits of water-related infrastructure to identify energy and water saving opportunities.
What it changes
21 changes to H.R. 1145 · 2 shown in the bill's text
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Change 1: Replaces “use,” with “use, quality,”
[struck: use,][inserted: use, quality,]Original wording
Page 2, line 10, strike “use,” and insert “use, quality,”.
Change 2: Replaces “efficiency and conservation” with “efficiency, conservation, and measures to abate water quality impairment”
In H.R. 1145 · Referred in Senate
(H) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and every 3 years thereafter--
(i) identify from each agency described in paragraph (2) the statutory or regulatory barriers preventing the use of any technology, technique, data collection method, or model that would contribute to greater availability of water resources in the United States through enhanced efficiency
[struck: ][inserted: , conservation, ]and[struck: conservation][inserted: measures to abate water quality impairment]; and(ii) submit a report of the findings from clause (i) to Congress; and
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Page 2, beginning on line 12, strike “efficiency and conservation” and insert “efficiency, conservation, and measures to abate water quality impairment”.
Change 3: Replaces “supply,” with “supply and water quality,”
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Page 2, line 24, strike “supply,” and insert “supply and water quality,”.
Change 4: Replaces “with” with “with institutions of higher education,”
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Page 3, line 20, strike “with” and insert “with institutions of higher education,”.
Change 5: Replaces “and” with “water resources managers, commercial end users, and”
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Page 3, line 22, strike “and” and insert “water resources managers, commercial end users, and”.
Change 6: Inserts new text on page 4, line 6
InsertsPrinted pageInserted: (F) provide guidance on outreach to institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) that are located in an area affected by drought and encourage such institutions to apply for funding opportunities specified in the plan;
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Change 7: Replaces “and others” with “public-private collaborations, commercial end users, and others”
In H.R. 1145 · Referred in Senate
(i) provide technical and administrative support to the interagency committee;
(ii) serve as a point of contact on Federal water activities for government agencies, organizations, academia, industry, professional societies, public-private collaborations, commercial end users, [inserted: public-private collaborations, commercial end users, ]and others to exchange technical and programmatic information; and
(iii) communicate with the public, including through a publicly accessible website, on the findings and recommendations of the interagency committee based on the activities conducted pursuant to the Initiative.
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Page 5, line 13, strike “and others” and insert “public-private collaborations, commercial end users, and others”.
Change 8: Replaces “public” with “public, including through a publicly accessible website,”
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Page 5, line 16, strike “public” and insert “public, including through a publicly accessible website,”.
Change 9: Replaces “period” with “period as noticed on the Office's website”
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Page 7, line 10, strike “period” and insert “period as noticed on the Office's website”.
Change 10: Replaces the period at the end of page 7, line 14 with “and revised and resubmitted every 4 years thereafter.”
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Page 7, line 14, strike the period at the end and insert the following: “and revised and resubmitted every 4 years thereafter.”
Change 11: Replaces the period at the end of page 8, line 2 with “and technologies, including techniques and technologies that provide publicly generated d…”
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[struck: .][inserted: and technologies, including techniques and technologies that provide publicly generated data useful to water managers.]Original wording
Page 8, line 2, strike the period at the end and insert the following: “and technologies, including techniques and technologies that provide publicly generated data useful to water managers.”
Change 12: Replaces the period at the end of page 8, line 21 with “, including spatial and temporal variation in natural supply, watershed hydrology, human…”
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[struck: .][inserted: , including spatial and temporal variation in natural supply, watershed hydrology, human and ecological demand, and infrastructure.]Original wording
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Change 13: Inserts new text on page 9, line 17
InsertsPrinted pageInserted: (15) Development of resources to investigate the effects of invasive species on water supplies.
Inserted: (16) Development of technologies and practices to treat eutrophic water bodies, including rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters.
Inserted: (17) Development of tools to assist local water resource managers in anticipating changing water availability and use patterns in the preparation of a strategic plan for sustainable future operations.
Inserted: (18) Development of a program to offer technical and planning assistance to States, localities, and regions that use or are planning to use land conservation as a method to protect water quality, as well as an analysis of the impact of land conservation on watershed hydrology.
Inserted: (19) Improvement of understanding of the impacts from chemical impairments, including contaminants of emerging concern, such as endocrine disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products, on water supply and quality.
Inserted: (20) Analyses of the Nation's water research facilities and identification of whether a need exists for additional facilities.
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Change 14: Inserts new text on page 10, line 5
InsertsPrinted pageInserted: (c) Evaluation.--Not later than 30 days after the submission of the President's annual budget request to Congress, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall write a letter to Congress evaluating the budget as it relates to Federal water research and the success of the interagency committee in meeting the outcomes listed in section 2(d).
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Change 15: Replaces “The” with new text
Struck: The
Inserted: (a) In General.--The
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Change 16: Inserts new text on page 10, line 9
InsertsPrinted pageInserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the interagency committee should collaborate with public institutions of higher education whenever possible.
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Change 17: Replaces the period at the end of page 10, line 18 with “and the indicators used to measure such progress.”
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Page 10, line 18, strike the period at the end and insert the following: “and the indicators used to measure such progress.”
Change 18: Adds SEC. 8. WATER RESOURCE RESEARCH INSTITUTES on page 12, line 6
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 8. WATER RESOURCE RESEARCH INSTITUTES.
Inserted: (a) Support; Coordinated Plan.--Section 104(b) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303) is amended--
Inserted: (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ", and" at the end and inserting a semicolon;
Inserted: (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
Inserted: (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
Inserted: "(3) support the goals of the National Water Research and Development Initiative; and
Inserted: "(4) submit to the interagency committee under section 2(b) of the National Water Research and Development Initiative Act of 2009 a single, coordinated, annual report that identifies future water research needs.".
Inserted: (b) Types of Research and Development.--Section 108 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10307) is amended--
Inserted: (1) in paragraph (9), by striking "and" after the semicolon;
Inserted: (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
Inserted: (3) by adding at the end the following:
Inserted: "(11) Technical research on prevention and removal of contaminants of emerging concern, including endocrine disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products, in water resources.".
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Inserted: SEC. 9. PILOT PROGRAM.
Inserted: The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a national pilot program exploring the use of energy audits of water related infrastructure to identify energy and water saving opportunities. As part of the program, each participating entity shall receive an Energy Star Benchmarking energy performance score to provide an initial screening of that entity, as well as an ongoing tracking measure to compare their energy performance against similar entities nationwide.
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Change 19: Strikes “and”
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Change 20: Replaces the period at the end of page 12, line 14 with new text
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Change 21: Inserts new text on page 12, line 14
InsertsPrinted pageInserted: (4) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and
Inserted: (5) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.
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Page 2, line 10, strike “use,” and insert “use, quality,”.
Page 2, beginning on line 12, strike “efficiency and conservation” and insert “efficiency, conservation, and measures to abate water quality impairment”.
Page 2, line 24, strike “supply,” and insert “supply and water quality,”.
Page 3, line 20, strike “with” and insert “with institutions of higher education,”.
Page 3, line 22, strike “and” and insert “water resources managers, commercial end users, and”.
Page 4, after line 6, insert the following (and redesignate subsequent provisions accordingly):
(F) provide guidance on outreach to institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) that are located in an area affected by drought and encourage such institutions to apply for funding opportunities specified in the plan;
Page 5, line 13, strike “and others” and insert “public-private collaborations, commercial end users, and others”.
Page 5, line 16, strike “public” and insert “public, including through a publicly accessible website,”.
Page 7, line 10, strike “period” and insert “period as noticed on the Office's website”.
Page 7, line 14, strike the period at the end and insert the following: “and revised and resubmitted every 4 years thereafter.”
Page 8, line 2, strike the period at the end and insert the following: “and technologies, including techniques and technologies that provide publicly generated data useful to water managers.”
Page 8, line 21, strike the period at the end and insert the following: “, including spatial and temporal variation in natural supply, watershed hydrology, human and ecological demand, and infrastructure.”
Page 9, after line 17, insert the following:
(15) Development of resources to investigate the effects of invasive species on water supplies.
(16) Development of technologies and practices to treat eutrophic water bodies, including rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters.
(17) Development of tools to assist local water resource managers in anticipating changing water availability and use patterns in the preparation of a strategic plan for sustainable future operations.
(18) Development of a program to offer technical and planning assistance to States, localities, and regions that use or are planning to use land conservation as a method to protect water quality, as well as an analysis of the impact of land conservation on watershed hydrology.
(19) Improvement of understanding of the impacts from chemical impairments, including contaminants of emerging concern, such as endocrine disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products, on water supply and quality.
(20) Analyses of the Nation's water research facilities and identification of whether a need exists for additional facilities.
Page 10, after line 5, insert the following:
(c) Evaluation.--Not later than 30 days after the submission of the President's annual budget request to Congress, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall write a letter to Congress evaluating the budget as it relates to Federal water research and the success of the interagency committee in meeting the outcomes listed in section 2(d).
Page 10, line 7, strike “The” and insert the following:
(a) In General.--The
Page 10, after line 9, insert the following:
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the interagency committee should collaborate with public institutions of higher education whenever possible.
Page 10, line 18, strike the period at the end and insert the following: “and the indicators used to measure such progress.”
Page 12, after line 6, insert the following (and redesignate subsequent provisions accordingly):
SEC. 8. WATER RESOURCE RESEARCH INSTITUTES.
(a) Support; Coordinated Plan.--Section 104(b) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “, and” at the end and inserting a semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
“(3) support the goals of the National Water Research and Development Initiative; and
“(4) submit to the interagency committee under section 2(b) of the National Water Research and Development Initiative Act of 2009 a single, coordinated, annual report that identifies future water research needs.”.
(b) Types of Research and Development.--Section 108 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10307) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking “and” after the semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(11) Technical research on prevention and removal of contaminants of emerging concern, including endocrine disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products, in water resources.”.
SEC. 9. PILOT PROGRAM.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a national pilot program exploring the use of energy audits of water related infrastructure to identify energy and water saving opportunities. As part of the program, each participating entity shall receive an Energy Star Benchmarking energy performance score to provide an initial screening of that entity, as well as an ongoing tracking measure to compare their energy performance against similar entities nationwide.
Page 12, line 13, strike “and” after the semicolon.
Page 12, line 14, strike the period at the end and insert a semicolon.
Page 12, after line 14, insert the following:
(4) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and
(5) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.
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House amendment offered
April 23, 2009
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House amendment offered
April 23, 2009
House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Gordon (TN) amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
April 23, 2009 • 11:23 AM
Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole
April 23, 2009 • 11:23 AM
House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Gordon (TN).(consideration: CR H4699-4703; text: CR H4699-4700)
April 23, 2009 • 10:58 AM
Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Gordon (TN). (consideration: CR H4699-4703; text: CR H4699-4700)
April 23, 2009 • 10:58 AM
On agreeing to the Gordon (TN) amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
April 23, 2009 • 11:23 AM