Water Quality Financing Act of 2007

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for other purposes.

3/9/2007--Passed House amended. Water Quality Financing Act of 2007 - Title I: Technical and Management Assistance -
(Sec. 101) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act [CWA]) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make grants to nonprofit organizations to provide:
(1) technical assistance to rural and small municipalities for grants from the Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Funds;
(2) technical assistance and training for rural and small publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) and decentralized wastewater systems to enable them to protect water quality and comply with the CWA; and
(3) information to rural and small municipalities and municipalities that meet a state's affordability criteria with respect to planning, design, construction, and operation of POTWs and decentralized wastewater treatment systems.
Authorizes annual appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for grants for:
(1) research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, reduction, and elimination of pollution; and
(2) financial and technical assistance for communities. Directs that at least 20% of the funding appropriated be used for such financial and technical assistance grants. Requires the Administrator to make available a specified amount to support an EPA clearinghouse that collects and disseminates information on small flows of sewage and innovative or alternative wastewater treatment processes and techniques. Requires the Administrator to establish procedures to promote competition and openness in the award of grants to nonprofit organizations.

(Sec. 102) Authorizes annual appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for state water pollution control grants.
(Sec. 103) Includes among the types of pilot projects for which the Administrator is authorized to provide technical assistance and grants for treatment works to carry out projects relating to:
(1) stormwater best management practices that control pollutants from municipal separate storm sewer systems and use innovative technologies to manage, reduce, treat, or reuse stormwater, including low-impact technologies;
(2) efforts of municipalities and property owners to demonstrate cooperative ways to address nonpoint sources of pollution to reduce adverse impacts on water quality; and
(3) development of an integrated water resource plan for the coordinated management and protection of surface water, groundwater, and stormwater resources on a watershed or subwatershed basis. Authorizes annual appropriations through FY2012 for watershed pilot projects. Title II: Construction of Treatment Works -
(Sec. 201) Provides that a community seeking financial assistance from the state revolving fund (SRF) for the replacement or major rehabilitation of a sewage collection system existing on January 1, 2007, or for the construction of a new system shall be eligible for such assistance provided that:
(1) the replacement and rehabilitation of the existing collection system or the new collection system is to address an existing adverse environmental condition; and
(2) otherwise meets the requirements of the CWA.

(Sec. 202) Amends the definition of "treatment works" to include the acquisition of lands and interests in land that are necessary for construction. Title III: State Water Pollution Control Revolving Funds -
(Sec. 302) Adds conditions for states to follow in order to be eligible for capitalization grants for their revolving funds, including directing states to:
(1) comply with federal accounting standards governing the reporting of infrastructure assets;
(2) require loan applicants to evaluate innovative and alternative processes, materials, techniques, and technologies for carrying out water infrastructure projects and to select projects that may result in greater environmental benefits;
(3) require loan applicants to consider the costs and effectiveness of other design, management, and financing approaches for carrying out the project;
(4) use at least 15% of their annual capitalization grants received after September 30, 2007, to assist municipalities serving fewer than 10,000 individuals that meet the state's affordability criteria; and
(5) require the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage rates to be paid to workers involved in the construction of treatment works carried out with state assistance from the SRF or federal capitalization grants.

(Sec. 303) Expands the types of projects and activities eligible for assistance through SRFs to include:
(1) the implementation of lake protection projects under the Clean Lakes Program;
(2) the repair or replacement of decentralized wastewater treatment systems that treat domestic sewage;
(3) measures to manage, reduce, treat, or reuse municipal stormwater runoff;
(4) measures to reduce the demand for POTW capacity through water conservation, efficiency, or reuse;
(5) increased security measures at POTWs; and
(6) the development and implementation of watershed pilot projects. Authorizes states to extend the repayment period for an SRF loan from the current limit of 20 years to the lesser of 30 years or the design life of the project to be financed with the proceeds.
Requires, as a condition of eligibility for a loan from the SRF, that the loan recipient develop and implement a fiscal sustainability plan for any portion of the treatment works proposed for repair, replacement, or expansion. Sets forth the elements that must be included in such a plan.
Authorizes states to use:
(1) either 4% of the capitalization grant (current law), $400,000 a year, or up to one-fifth of 1% of the total valuation of the SRF, whichever amount is greatest, for administrative expenses, plus any fees collected for such purposes;
(2) up to 2% of the capitalization grant to provide owners and operators of treatment works that serve 10,000 individuals or fewer with technical and planning assistance and assistance in financial management, user fee analysis, budgeting, capital improvement planning, facility operation and maintenance, equipment replacement, repair schedules, and other activities to improve wastewater treatment plant management and operations; and
(3) provide additional subsidization, including forgiveness of principal and negative interest loans to benefit specified municipalities or to implement an innovative or alternative process, material, technique, or technology (including low-impact technologies, nonstructural protection of surface waters, a new or improved method of waste treatment, and nutrient pollutant trading) that may result in greater environmental benefits.
Requires states to establish affordability criteria on or before September 30, 2008, to assist in identifying municipalities that would experience a significant hardship raising the revenue necessary to finance the construction of POTWs. Authorizes:
(1) states to use the criteria in previously established affordability criteria that meet specified requirements;
(2) the Administrator to publish information to assist states in establishing affordability criteria; and
(3) states to give priority to a project by local and state governments for the construction of a POTW if the recipient of the funds meets a state's affordability criteria.
Requires states to use 25% of any increases in a federal capitalization grant allotted to a state in fiscal years where the Administrator has more than $1 billion in funds available to provide additional subsidization for projects identified in the state's intended use plan. Limits the total amount of additional subsidization a state may provide to 30% of the total amount of capitalization grants received by the state.

(Sec. 304) Preserves the current SRF allotment formula for capitalization grants for the first $1.35 billion of any future fiscal year appropriation. Increases the amount a state may reserve for water quality management planning and state continuing planning processes from the current limit of 1% of such annual grants to 2%. Requires the Administrator, after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, to publish an allotment formula based on water quality needs in accordance with the most recent survey of needs.

(Sec. 305) Requires states, after providing for public comment, to establish:
(1) a list of SRF projects and activities that gives priority to projects that achieve the greatest degree of water quality improvement; and
(2) a methodology for prioritizing such projects and activities that takes into consideration whether water quality improvements would be realized without SRF assistance and whether the projects and activities would address water quality impairments associated with existing treatment works. Sets forth considerations that states shall consider in determining which projects and activities will achieve the greatest degree of water quality improvement. Authorizes states to:
(1) consider the cumulative water quality improvements associated with projects or activities for categories of nonpoint sources of pollution; and
(2) use previously developed methodologies that meet applicable requirements. Requires a state's annual intended use plan to include an explanation of why a state does not fund projects in the order established by its priority list.

(Sec. 306) Requires states, as part of their existing reporting requirements to EPA, to include a list of eligible purposes for which assistance is provided under the SRF.

(Sec. 307) Requires the Administrator:
(1) to assist states in establishing simplified procedures for treatment works to obtain SRF assistance;
(2) after providing for public comment, to publish a manual to assist treatment works in obtaining such assistance; and
(3) at the request of any state and after providing for public comment, to assist in the development of criteria for a state to determine compliance with the conditions of funding assistance.

(Sec. 308) Authorizes appropriations for the capitalization of SRFs for FY2008-FY2011.
Title IV: General Provisions - (Sec 402) Increases the authorized set-aside from SRF funding for serving Indian tribes from the current amount of one-half of 1% to not more than 1.5% of the total federal appropriation for the capitalization of SRFs.
Title V: Studies -
(Sec. 501) Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on:
(1) the funding mechanisms and sources available to establish a Clean Water Trust Fund, including an analysis of potential sources that can be efficiently collected, are broad based, are related to water quality, and that support the annual funding levels authorized; and
(2) the funding mechanisms and sources potentially available for wastewater infrastructure and other water pollution control activities under the Clean Water Act, including an analysis of funding and investment mechanisms and revenue sources from other potential supplemental or alternative sources that could be used to fund such activities.

(Sec. 503) Requires the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the government of Canada, to study the condition of wastewater treatment facilities that discharge into the Great Lakes. Directs the Administrator to:
(1) determine the effect that such facilities have on Great Lakes water quality; and
(2) develop recommendations to improve water quality monitoring by the operators of such facilities, to establish a protocol for information sharing between the countries, and to promote cooperation between the countries to prevent the discharge of untreated and undertreated waste.
Title VI: Tonnage Duties -
(Sec. 601) Changes the tonnage duty on specified vessels entering or returning to a U.S. port from 2 cents per ton to:
(1) 4.5 cents per ton (but not more than a total of 22.5 cents per ton per year) for FY2006-FY2007;
(2) 9 cents per ton (but not more than a total of 45 cents per ton per year) for FY2008-FY2017; and
(3) 2 cents per ton (but not more than a total of 10 cents per ton per year) for each fiscal year thereafter. Changes the higher rate of duties imposed on specified vessels at U.S. entry ports from a foreign port from 6 cents per ton to:
(1) 13.5 cents per ton (but not more than a total of 67.5 cents per ton per year) for FY2006-FY2007;
(2) 27 cents per ton (but not more than a total of $1.35 per ton per year) for fiscal years 2008 through 2017, and
(3) 6 cents per ton (but not more than a total of 30 cents per ton per year) for each fiscal year thereafter.
Title VII: Secure Maritime and Vessel Workforce -
(Sec. 701) Prohibits individuals who have been issued transportation worker identification cards from boarding a maritime vessel if the individual has been convicted, or found not guilty by reason of insanity, in a civilian or military jurisdiction of any of the following felonies:
(1) espionage;
(2) sedition;
(3) treason;
(4) terrorism;
(5) a crime involving a transportation security incident;
(6) improper transportation of a hazardous material;
(7) unlawful possession, use, sale, distribution, manufacture, purchase, receipt, transfer, shipping, transporting, import, export, storage of, or dealing in an explosive or incendiary device, explosive materials, or a destructive device;
(8) murder;
(9) conspiring or attempting to commit any of such crimes; and
(10) specified violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act or a comparable state law.


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Sponsor

• Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]
• and 32 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
  • Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
  • Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
  • Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]
  • Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
  • Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
  • Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D, AS-0]
  • Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24]
  • Rep. Paul Gillmor [R, OH-5]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
  • Rep. Steve Kagen [D, WI-8]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Harry Mitchell [D, AZ-5]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
  • Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
  • Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
  • Rep. H. James Saxton [R, NJ-3]
  • Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1]
  • Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
  • Rep. Gerald Weller [R, IL-11]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. Donald Young [R, AK-0]
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Committees

• House Transportation and Infrastructure
• 2 more
  • Senate Environment and Public Works
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
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Amendments

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Amendments to H.R.720

Number	Status	Purpose
H.Amdt34	Pass	An amendment numbered 1 printed in part B of House Report 110-36 to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in consultation with the State Department and Canadian government, to study wastewater treatment facilities that discharge into the Great Lakes and provide recommendations to improve monitoring, information sharing, and cooperation between the U.S. and Canada. The amendment would also require the EPA to consult with the International Joint Commission, the bi-national organization created to protect the boundary waters between the U.S. and Canada.
H.Amdt35	Fail	An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 110-36 to strike the Davis-Bacon section of the bill.
H.Amdt36	Pass	An amendent numbered 3 printed in part B of House Report 110-36 to require that states, in the development of their priority list under section 606(g) of the Clean Water Act, consider whether the project or activity proposed for funding would first address the repair and replacement of existing wastewater infrastructure.
H.Amdt37	Pass	An amendment numbered 4 printed in part B of House Report 110-36 to extend the application of the full-and-open competition requirements of Title II of the Clean Water Act, found at Title 33, Section 1284(a)(6) of the United States Code, to bid specifications for projects funded in whole or in part with monies provided through the State Revolving Funds.
H.Amdt38	Pass	An amendment numbered 5 printed in part B of House Report 110-36 to authorize technical assistance and grants for the development of integrated water resource plans.
H.Amdt39	Withdrawn	An amendment numbered 6 printed in part B of House Report 110-36 to establish a two-year pilot program to test under normal weather conditions what an extended summer pool lake level would mean to enhanced boating safety, recreation, navigation, fishing, and tourism activities, while also enabling us to gauge the economic impact of longer and higher water levels.
H.Amdt40	Pass	An amendment to add a new title prohibiting issuance of transportation security cards to convicted felons. The amendment is considered pursuant to the instructions contained in the Cantor motion to recommit.

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 30, 2007		March 09, 2007

Latest Vote

March 09, 2007Roll call number 135 in the House
Question: On Passage: H R 720 Water Quality Financing Act of 2007
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)	Percentage of 'aye' votes: 69%	Result: Passed

Democrats Voting 'Aye'

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Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5]
Rep. Thomas Allen [D, ME-1]
Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4]
Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1]
Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24]
Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]
Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3]
Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]
Rep. Melissa Bean [D, IL-8]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D, CA-31]
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1]
Rep. Robert Berry [D, AR-1]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]
Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9]
Rep. F. Allen Boyd [D, FL-2]
Rep. Nancy Boyda [D, KS-2]
Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3]
Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1]
Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3]
Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10]
Rep. Julia Carson [D, IN-7]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5]
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]
Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
Rep. Robert Cramer [D, AL-5]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7]
Rep. Artur Davis [D, AL-7]
Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
Rep. Lincoln Davis [D, TN-4]
Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1]
Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
Rep. Norman Dicks [D, WA-6]
Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
Rep. Joe Donnelly [D, IN-2]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14]
Rep. Thomas Edwards [D, TX-17]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D, IN-8]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17]
Rep. Bob Etheridge [D, NC-2]
Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY-20]
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29]
Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D, IL-4]
Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19]
Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D, SD-0]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27]
Rep. Baron Hill [D, IN-9]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15]
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
Rep. Paul Hodes [D, NH-2]
Rep. Tim Holden [D, PA-17]
Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12]
Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
Rep. Darlene Hooley [D, OR-5]
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1]
Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
Rep. Stephanie Jones [D, OH-11]
Rep. Steve Kagen [D, WI-8]
Rep. Paul Kanjorski [D, PA-11]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1]
Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
Rep. Nicholas Lampson [D, TX-22]
Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2]
Rep. Tom Lantos [D, CA-12]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12]
Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3]
Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9]
Rep. Tim Mahoney [D, FL-16]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]
Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8]
Rep. Jim Matheson [D, UT-2]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
Rep. Martin Meehan [D, MA-5]
Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6]
Rep. Charles Melancon [D, LA-3]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2]
Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
Rep. R. Bradley Miller [D, NC-13]
Rep. Harry Mitchell [D, AZ-5]
Rep. Alan Mollohan [D, WV-1]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D, PA-8]
Rep. John Murtha [D, PA-12]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38]
Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2]
Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]
Rep. David Obey [D, WI-7]
Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6]
Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4]
Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7]
Rep. Earl Pomeroy [D, ND-0]
Rep. David Price [D, NC-4]
Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16]
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D, TX-23]
Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4]
Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34]
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger [D, MD-2]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17]
Rep. John Salazar [D, CO-3]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D, CA-39]
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13]
Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13]
Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3]
Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
Rep. Heath Shuler [D, NC-11]
Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
Rep. Ike Skelton [D, MO-4]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
Rep. Victor Snyder [D, AR-2]
Rep. Hilda Solis [D, CA-32]
Rep. Zackary Space [D, OH-18]
Rep. John Spratt [D, SC-5]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1]
Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
Rep. John Tanner [D, TN-8]
Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
Rep. Gene Taylor [D, MS-4]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2]
Rep. C. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]
Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
Rep. Mark Udall [D, CO-2]
Rep. Tom Udall [D, NM-3]
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D, NY-12]
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D, IN-1]
Rep. Timothy Walz [D, MN-1]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
Rep. Charles Wilson [D, OH-6]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
Rep. Albert Wynn [D, MD-4]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3]

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Republicans Voting 'Aye'

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Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5]
Rep. Richard Baker [R, LA-6]
Rep. Judy Biggert [R, IL-13]
Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50]
Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R, FL-5]
Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5]
Rep. Stephen Buyer [R, IN-4]
Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2]
Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0]
Rep. Charles Dent [R, PA-15]
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R, FL-21]
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R, FL-25]
Rep. John Doolittle [R, CA-4]
Rep. Thelma Drake [R, VA-2]
Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R, MI-3]
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R, MO-8]
Rep. Philip English [R, PA-3]
Rep. Michael Ferguson [R, NJ-7]
Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry [R, NE-1]
Rep. Vito Fossella [R, NY-13]
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6]
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest [R, MD-1]
Rep. Paul Gillmor [R, OH-5]
Rep. Samuel Graves [R, MO-6]
Rep. J. Dennis Hastert [R, IL-14]
Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4]
Rep. David Hobson [R, OH-7]
Rep. Kenny Hulshof [R, MO-9]
Rep. Timothy Johnson [R, IL-15]
Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3]
Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3]
Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
Rep. John Kuhl [R, NY-29]
Rep. Ray LaHood [R, IL-18]
Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14]
Rep. Jerry Lewis [R, CA-41]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10]
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11]
Rep. John McHugh [R, NY-23]
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R, WA-5]
Rep. Candice Miller [R, MI-10]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R, PA-18]
Rep. John Peterson [R, PA-5]
Rep. Thomas Petri [R, WI-6]
Rep. Charles Pickering [R, MS-3]
Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19]
Rep. Jon Porter [R, NV-3]
Rep. James Ramstad [R, MN-3]
Rep. Ralph Regula [R, OH-16]
Rep. Dennis Rehberg [R, MT-0]
Rep. Dave Reichert [R, WA-8]
Rep. Rick Renzi [R, AZ-1]
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Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R, CA-46]
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Rep. Heather Wilson [R, NM-1]
Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10]
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Rep. John Culberson [R, TX-7]
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Rep. Geoff Davis [R, KY-4]
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Rep. David Dreier [R, CA-26]
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Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6]
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Rep. Jerry Moran [R, KS-1]
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Rep. Michael Rogers [R, AL-3]
Rep. Michael Rogers [R, MI-8]
Rep. Edward Royce [R, CA-40]
Rep. Paul Ryan [R, WI-1]
Rep. Bill Sali [R, ID-1]
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner [R, WI-5]
Rep. Peter Sessions [R, TX-32]
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Rep. Michael Simpson [R, ID-2]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX-21]
Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3]
Rep. Clifford Stearns [R, FL-6]
Rep. John Sullivan [R, OK-1]
Rep. William Thornberry [R, TX-13]
Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R, KS-4]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R, OH-12]
Rep. Timothy Walberg [R, MI-7]
Rep. David Weldon [R, FL-15]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3]
Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2]

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Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
Rep. Rahm Emanuel [D, IL-5]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
Rep. John Larson [D, CT-1]
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald [D, CA-37]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]

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Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44]
Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4]
Rep. Jo Ann Davis [R, VA-1]
Rep. David Davis [R, TN-1]
Rep. Tom Feeney [R, FL-24]
Rep. Robin Hayes [R, NC-8]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R, CA-52]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R, TX-24]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R, TX-19]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R, CA-21]
Rep. Thomas Tancredo [R, CO-6]

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Voting History

Date	Chamber	Question	Aye	Nay	Result
March 09, 2007	House	H.R.720 Water Quality Financing Act of 2007 On Passage: H R 720 Water Quality Financing Act of 2007	303	108	Passed	See Vote
March 09, 2007	House	H.R.720 Water Quality Financing Act of 2007 On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H R 720 Water Quality Financing Act of 2007	359	56	Passed	See Vote
March 09, 2007	House	H.R.720 Water Quality Financing Act of 2007 On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 2 to H R 720	140	280	Failed	See Vote

All Bill Actions

• Mar 19, 2007: Star Print ordered on the bill.
• Mar 12, 2007: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
• Mar 09, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 229, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Whitfield amendment.
• Mar 09, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 229, the Committe of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hirono amendment.
• Mar 09, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 229, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Platts amendment.
• Mar 09, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res 229, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hall of New York Amendment.
• Mar 09, 2007: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Baker amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Baker demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
• Mar 09, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 229, the Committe of the Whole proceede with 10 minutes of debate on the Baker amendment.
• Mar 09, 2007: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 229, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stupak amendment.
• Passed roll in the House on Mar 09, 2007. On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 303 - 108 (Roll no. 135).
• Mar 09, 2007: On motion to recommit with instructions Agreed to by recorded vote: 359 - 56 (Roll no. 134).
• Mar 09, 2007: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
• Mar 09, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cantor motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment adding a new title which adds prohibitions on the issuance of transportation security cards to convicted felons.
• Mar 09, 2007: Mr. Cantor moved to recommit with instructions to Transportation.
• Mar 09, 2007: The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
• Mar 09, 2007: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
• Mar 09, 2007: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 720.
• Mar 09, 2007: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 720.
• Mar 09, 2007: The Speaker designated the Honorable Hilda L. Solis to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
• Mar 09, 2007: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 229 and Rule XVIII.
• Mar 09, 2007: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 720 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. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee of the Whole.
• Mar 09, 2007: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 229.
• Mar 09, 2007: Rule H. Res. 229 passed House.
• Mar 08, 2007: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 229 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 720 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. The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the report of the Committee of the Whole.
• Added to calendar on Mar 05, 2007: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 11..
• Mar 05, 2007: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-30.
• Mar 01, 2007: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
• Added to calendar on Feb 07, 2007: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 55 - 13..
• Feb 07, 2007: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Feb 07, 2007: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 55 - 13.
• Jan 31, 2007: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
• Jan 31, 2007: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Jan 31, 2007: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
• Jan 31, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
• Jan 30, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
• Jan 30, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E220-221)
• Introduced on Jan 30, 2007.
• Jan 30, 2007: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR E220-221)

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