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		<terms:created>2009-03-03</terms:created>
		<ns:title>H.R. 1262: Water Quality Investment Act of 2009</ns:title>
		<usbill:introduced rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2009-03-03</usbill:introduced>
		<bibo:shortTitle>H.R. 1262: Water Quality Investment Act of 2009</bibo:shortTitle>
		<usbill:hasAmendment rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/111/bills/amendments/h28" ns:title="H. Amd. 28: Amendment authorizes tribal governments to be eligible for technical and management assistance for small publicly-owned sewerage agencies; amends an existing Clean Water Act authority for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out pilot projects by ensuring that certain &quot;green technology&quot; activities are eligible for controlling stormwater runoff and increases the authorization of appropriations for this authority to $100 million for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014; clarifies eligibility for construction of energy-efficient or renewable-energy generation technologies at publicly-owned sewerage agencies under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund; provides additional criteria for States to determine &quot;affordability criteria&quot; for waste-water infrastructure projects and activities, including factors related to per capita income and local unemployment rates; provides additional transparency and accountability for expenditures from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund by requiring EPA to conduct, and make publicly available, an annual performance review of expenditures from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, including a review of the types and categories of projects and activities carried out using the fund, and an estimate of the number of jobs created from proceeds of the fund; strikes a provision related to the collection.of tonnage duties that was unnecessary; authorizes additional studies on the water-related infrastructure needs along the United States-Mexican border region, and the condition of wastewater infrastructure on the Great Lakes; requires States to set-aside 20 percent of combined sewer and sanitary sewer grants to communities that implement green infrastructure or other water and energy efficient improvements; and requires the EPA Administrator to conduct a study on the presence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the waters of the United States." />
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		<usbill:hasAmendment rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/111/bills/amendments/h30" ns:title="H. Amd. 30: Amendment requires states to use at least 15% (instead of 10% as required in the bill) of each capitalization grant for water pollution control to provide assistance to municipalities of less than 10,000 people to the extent that there are sufficient applications for assistance." />
		<usbill:hasAmendment rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/111/bills/amendments/h31" ns:title="H. Amd. 31: Amendment directs the EPA to convene a task force (EPA, FDA, and others appointed by the Administrator of the EPA) to develop recommendations on the proper disposal of unused pharmaceuticals and a strategy to educate the public on those recommendations. It also permits, at the request of the head of the task force, any federal agency or department to detail personnel to the task force." />
		<usbill:hasAmendment rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/111/bills/amendments/h32" ns:title="H. Amd. 32: Amendment prohibits earmarking of funds appropriated as a result of the reauthorization of the Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Funds included in the bill." />
		<usbill:hasAmendment rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/111/bills/amendments/h33" ns:title="H. Amd. 33: Amendment requires that States, in the development of their priority methodology, give priority to projects that construct bioswales that filter and naturally store stormwater runoff and floodwaters for future water supply and recharge of natural aquifers." />
		<usbill:hasAmendment rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/111/bills/amendments/h34" ns:title="H. Amd. 34: Amendment requires the Director of OMB to study programs authorized by the Act under the Program Assessment Rating Tool or a successor performance assessment tool developed by OMB." />
		<usbill:hasAmendment rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/111/bills/amendments/h35" ns:title="H. Amd. 35: Amendment requires certification by a system operator that both water and energy conservation are components of their fiscal sustainability plan." />
		<usbill:hasAmendment rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/111/bills/amendments/h36" ns:title="H. Amd. 36: Amendment requires the OMB Director to submit to Congress a financial report containing an interagency crosscut budget for restoration activities that protect, conserve, or restore water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. In addition, the EPA Administrator would be required to develop and update an adaptive management plan for Chesapeake Bay restoration activities." />
		<usbill:hasAmendment rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/111/bills/amendments/h37" ns:title="H. Amd. 37: Amendment as modified, increases from $1.8 billion to $2.5 billion the authorization level for the grant program that makes funds available for combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows." />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/B001242" ns1:name="Timothy Bishop" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/C001037" ns1:name="Michael Capuano" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/F000116" ns1:name="Bob Filner" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/J000126" ns1:name="Eddie Johnson" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/L000554" ns1:name="Frank LoBiondo" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/N000179" ns1:name="Grace Napolitano" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/N000147" ns1:name="Eleanor Norton" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/P000096" ns1:name="William Pascrell" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/T000057" ns1:name="Ellen Tauscher" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/Y000033" ns1:name="Donald Young" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/M001166" ns1:name="Jerry McNerney" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/A000363" ns1:name="Michael Arcuri" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/K000365" ns1:name="Steve Kagen" />
		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/E000290" ns1:name="Donna Edwards" />
		<ns:subject>Tariffs</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Congressional oversight</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Government information and archives</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Marine and inland water transportation</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Rural conditions and development</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Energy efficiency and conservation</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Government investigations</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Government lending and loan guarantees</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Research and development</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Solid waste and recycling</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Water resources funding</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Water use and supply</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Watersheds</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Executive agency funding and structure</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Land transfers</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Oklahoma</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Emergency communications systems</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Environmental protection</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>State and local finance</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Environmental assessment, monitoring, research</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Indian lands and resources rights</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Lakes and rivers</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Advanced technology and technological innovations</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Research administration and funding</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Environmental technology</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Water quality</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Hazardous wastes and toxic substances</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Latin America</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Consumer affairs</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Mexico</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Great Lakes</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Buy American requirements</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Chesapeake Bay</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Small towns</ns:subject>
		<usbill:status>vote</usbill:status>
		<usbill:inCommittee rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/committees/HouseTransportationandInfrastructure" />
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		<usbill:title>H.R. 1262: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.</usbill:title>
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				<ns:description>Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2009-03-03</time:at>
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		<usbill:hadAction>
			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2009-03-04</time:at>
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		</usbill:hadAction>
		<usbill:hadAction>
			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2009-03-04</time:at>
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		<usbill:hadAction>
			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2009-03-04</time:at>
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		</usbill:hadAction>
		<usbill:hadAction>
			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2009-03-05</time:at>
			</usbill:LegislativeAction>
		</usbill:hadAction>
		<usbill:hadAction>
			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2009-03-05</time:at>
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		<usbill:hadAction>
			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-26.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-09T19:39:00-04:00</time:at>
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		<usbill:hadAction>
			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 9.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-09T19:40:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 235 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1262 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation now printed in the bill.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-11T17:03:00-04:00</time:at>
			</usbill:LegislativeAction>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Rule H. Res. 235 passed House.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T10:56:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 235.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T10:57:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1262 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation now printed in the bill.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T10:57:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 235 and Rule XVIII.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T10:58:00-04:00</time:at>
			</usbill:LegislativeAction>
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		<usbill:hadAction>
			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>The Speaker designated the Honorable Ed Pastor to act as Chairman of the Committee.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T10:58:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1262.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T10:59:00-04:00</time:at>
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		<usbill:hadAction>
			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>The Committee of the Whole rose informally to recieve a message from the Senate.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T11:44:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>Subsequently, the Committee resumed it's sitting.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T11:44:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole continued with further general debate on H.R. 1262.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T11:44:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Oberstar amendment.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T11:59:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Mack amendment.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T12:04:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Mack amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr Mack demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T12:27:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Markey(CO) amendment.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T12:28:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Miller(MI) amendment.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T12:35:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T12:41:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Oberstar amendment.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T12:50:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Roskam amendment.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T12:52:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Dahlkemper amendment.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T12:56:00-04:00</time:at>
			</usbill:LegislativeAction>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wittman amendment.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T13:00:00-04:00</time:at>
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			<usbill:LegislativeAction>
				<ns:description>DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 235, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Driehaus amendment.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T13:11:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debate earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T13:28:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1262.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T14:02:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T14:02:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T14:03:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<usbill:voteResult>pass</usbill:voteResult>
				<usbill:vote rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/111/house/votes/2009-123" ns:title="On Passage: H R 1262 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Authorization Amendments" />
				<ns:description>On passage Passed by recorded vote: 317 - 101 (Roll no. 123).</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2009-03-12T14:20:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2009-03-16</time:at>
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