Final Push – Engage Your Congressional Delegation to Fund Water Reuse Priorities!
Date: October 18, 2024
This summer, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees began passing their FY 2025 funding bills for the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Congress Reaches Short-term Deal to Avert Government Shut Down
Date: September 29, 2023
Late on Saturday, September 30, President Biden signed a short-term funding extension, known as a continuing resolution (CR), to fund the Federal Government through November 17. In the end, 209 Democrats joined 126 Republicans to pass the CR in the House of Representatives, sending the legislation to the Senate where it passed 88–9. Passage of the CR averts a Federal Government shutdown, which most observers anticipated would occur beginning on October 1. House and Senate leaders now have until November 17 to negotiate a final spending package for FY2024 using the funding bills passed by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees earlier this year. For a refresher on the funding levels for water reuse programs contained in the House and Senate bills, you can view our full appropriations chart, see below.
| Program | FY22 Enacted | FY23 House minibus | FY23 Senate mark | FY23 Enacted | FY24 House | FY24 Senate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWSRF | $1,638,826,000 | $1,751,646,000 | $1,688,847,000 | $1,638,826,000 | $535,000,000 | $1,638,861,000 |
| DWSRF | $1,126,088,000 | $1,126,096,000 | $1,176,095,000 | $1,126,088,000 | $460,611,000 | $1,126,101,000 |
| WIFIA | $69,526,000 | $80,344,000 | $74,526,000 | $75,640,000 | $72,000,000 | $75,640,000 |
| Alternative Water Source Grants Pilot Program | N/A | $10,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $0 | $3,000,000 | $0 |
| Sec. 2005 of AWIA 2018 – Drinking Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program | $5,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 |
| Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program | N/A | $10,000,000 | $0 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| Clean Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program | N/A | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sec. 2007 of AWIA 2018 – Innovative Water Technology Grant Program | $3,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| Sewer overflow and stormwater reuse municipal grants | $43,000,000 | $280,000,000 | $51,000,000 | $50,000,000 | $50,000,000 | $50,000,000 |
| National Priorities Research Program (Extramural) | $8,500,000 | $10,000,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $10,000,000 | $9,500,000 |
| Title XVI Legacy | $35,693,000 | $43,617,000 | $35,000,000 | $40,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 |
| Title XVI-WIIN | $17,500,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 |
| Desalination and Water Purification Program | $20,000,000 | $17,719,000 | $17,719,000 | $17,719,000 | $19,000,000 | $19,000,000 |
| Aquifer Storage and Recovery (Reclamation) | $18,000,000 | $0 | $25,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $0 |
| Enhanced Aquifer Use and Recharge (EPA Research: SSWR) | $4,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $4,000,000 |