Updated as of April 17th, 2023
| Bill # | Bill Name | Description | Sponsor (s) | Committee (s) | Status (location + date) |
| House | |||||
| H.R.1 | Lower Energy Costs Act | This bill provides for the exploration, development, importation, and exportation of energy resources (e.g., oil, gas, and minerals). | Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] | Natural Resources; Energy and Commerce; Agriculture; Transportation and Infrastructure; Budget | Introduced in House 03/14/2023 Passed/Agreed in House 03/30/2023 |
| H.R.132 | Protecting Local Communities from Harmful Algal Blooms Act | This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include algal blooms in the definition of a major disaster. | Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] | Transportation and Infrastructure | Introduced in House 01/09/2023 |
| H.R.186 | Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act | N/A | Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] | Natural Resources | Introduced in House 01/09/2023 |
| H.R.210 | Stamp Out Invasive Species Act | This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue and sell a Combating Invasive Species Semipostal Stamp. | Rep. Stefanik, Elise M [R-NY-21] | Oversight and Accountability, Natural Resources, Agriculture | Introduced in House 02/21/2023 |
| H.R.250 | Clean Water SRF Parity Act | This bill expands the state revolving fund established under the Clean Water Act, including by allowing low-interest loans to be given to privately owned treatment works to address wastewater. Currently, loans are given to wastewater systems that are publicly owned. | Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] | Transportation and Infrastructure | Introduced in House 01/10/2023 |
| H.R.289 | Protect Our Water Rights Act | To update requirements for the operation of the Central Valley Project and Klamath River Basin. | Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] | Natural Resources | Introduced in House 01/11/2023 |
| H.R.325 | Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act | This bill requires the Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecast System to continue to operate during a government shutdown by designating certain services related to the system as excepted services under the Anti-Deficiency Act. | Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] | Science, Space, Technology and Natural Resources | Introduced in House 01/12/2023 |
| H.R.426 | Lakes Before Turbines Act | This bill eliminates the energy-related tax credit for investment in certain offshore wind facilities after 2022. | Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A [R-NY-23] | Ways and Means | Introduced in House 1/20/2023 |
| H.R.598 | Earth Act to Stop Climate Pollution By 2030 | N/A | Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] | Agriculture, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce | Introduced in House 1/27/2023 |
| H.R.668 | Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act | N/A | Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] | Natural Resources | Introduced in House 2/21/2023 |
| H.R.873 | Water Quality and Environmental Innovation Act | To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants and contracts for projects that use emerging technologies to address threats to water quality, and for other purposes. | Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] | Transportation and Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce Science, Space, and Technology | Introduced in House 02/02/2023 |
| H.R.1407 | Financing Lead Out of Water Act of 2022 | This bill allows the issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance the replacement of any privately-owned portion of a lead service line in a public water system. Specifically, the bill provides that the use of proceeds from such bonds for replacement of a lead service line does not constitute private business use. | Rep. Kildee, Daniel T [D-MI-8] | Ways and Means | Introduced in House 03/07/2023 |
| H.R.1152 | Water Quality Certification and Energy Project Improvement Act od 2023 | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make changes with respect to water quality certification, and for other purposes. | Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] | Transportation and Infrastructure | Introduced in House 02/24/2023 |
| H.R.1367 | Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act | To establish a program to increase drinking water and wastewater system threat preparedness and resilience, and for other purposes. | Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] | Transportation and Infrastructure; Energy and Commerce | Introduced in House 03/03/2023 |
| H.R.1444 | Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act of 2023 | To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for the consideration of climate change, and for other purposes. | Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] | Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure | Introduced in House 03/08/2023 |
| H.R.1593 | Land and Water Conservation Fund Water Amendments Act of 2023 | To amend title 54, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make financial assistance to States under the Land and Water Conservation Fund available for water quality projects, and for other purposes. | Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-Fl-21] | Natural Resources | Introduced in House 03/14/2023 |
| H.R.1729 | Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2023 | N/A | Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] | Transportation and Infrastructure; Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means; Agriculture; Natural Resources; Education and the Workforce | Introduced in House 03/22/2023 |
| H.R.2521 | Clean Drinking Water Equity Act | N/A | Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] | Energy and Commerce | Introduced in House 04/06/2023 |
| H.J.Res.27 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the United States'” | This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States,” which was submitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency on January 18, 2023. The rule specifies which bodies of water fall under the scope of the Clean Water Act and are thereby under federal jurisdiction. The 2023 rule replaced a 2020 rule that included a narrower definition of waters of the United States | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | Transportation and Infrastructure | Introduced in House 02/02/2023 |
| H.Res.243 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Government of Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin. | N/A | Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] | Foreign Affairs | Introduced in House 03/22/2023 |
| Senate | |||||
| S.64 | Water Rights Protection Act of 2023 | This bill prohibits the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture from conditioning the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit or other land use or occupancy agreement (permit) on the transfer of any water right to the United States or on any impairment of title granted or otherwise recognized under state law by federal or state action. | Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] | Energy and Natural Resources | Introduced in Senate 01/25/2023 |
| S.115 | Clean Water Allotment Modernization Act of 2023 | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify certain allotments under that Act, and for other purposes. | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | Environment and Public Works | Introduced in Senate 01/26/2023 |
| S.660 | Water System Threat Preparedness and Resilience Act | To establish a program to increase drinking water and wastewater system threat preparedness and resilience, and for other purposes. | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] | Environment and Public Works | Introduced in Senate 03/06/2023 |
| S.726 | Financing Lead Out of Water Act of 2023 | This bill allows the issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance the replacement of any privately-owned portion of a lead service line in a public water system. Specifically, the bill provides that the use of proceeds from such bonds for replacement of a lead service line does not constitute private business use. | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | Finance | Introduced in Senate 03/09/2023 |
| S.798 | A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make financial assistance to States under the Land and Water Conservation Fund available for water quality projects, and for other purposes. | N/A | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | Energy and Natural Resources | Introduced in Senate 03/14/2023 |
| S.J.Res.7 | A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the United States'”. | This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States,” which was submitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency on January 18, 2023. The rule specifies which bodies of water fall under the scope of the Clean Water Act and are thereby under federal jurisdiction. The 2023 rule replaced a 2020 rule that included a narrower definition of waters of the United States. | Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] | Environment and Public Works | Introduced in Senate 02/02/2023 |
| S.Res.117 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Government of Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin. | Expressing the sense of the Senate that the President and the Secretary of State should ensure that the Government of Canada does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin. | Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] | Foreign Relations | Introduced in Senate 03/22/2023 |