House Panel Approves $20 Billion Over Five Years for Wastewater Treatment
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has cleared a bill that would authorize $20 billion over five years in federal aid to Clean Water State Revolving Funds. But the bill may run into problems because of a provision that would require Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wages for projects the bill funds.
The legislation, approved March 20 by voice vote, authorizes $2 billion in fiscal 2003 for Clean Water SRFs. Funding would rise by $1 billion a year, topping out at $6 billion in fiscal 2007. The program's appropriation for 2002 is $1.35 billion.