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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 274 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing support for the designation of the week of April 6 through April |
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| 6 | 6 | | 12, 2025, as ‘‘National Water Week’’. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH31, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. E |
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| 10 | 10 | | VANSof Colorado (for himself and Mr. TONKO) submitted the following |
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| 11 | 11 | | resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov- |
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| 12 | 12 | | ernment Reform |
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| 13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 14 | 14 | | Expressing support for the designation of the week of April |
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| 15 | 15 | | 6 through April 12, 2025, as ‘‘National Water Week’’. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Whereas each community in the United States, both large |
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| 17 | 17 | | and small, and urban, rural, and Tribal, deserves to have |
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| 18 | 18 | | access to affordable, safe, and clean drinking water, sani- |
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| 19 | 19 | | tation, and other critical water infrastructure; |
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| 20 | 20 | | Whereas more than 2,000,000 people in the United States |
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| 21 | 21 | | lack access to running water, indoor plumbing, or waste- |
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| 22 | 22 | | water services; |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas small, rural, and disadvantaged community water |
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| 24 | 24 | | systems struggle to make needed investments while keep- |
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| 25 | 25 | | ing rates affordable; |
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| 26 | 26 | | Whereas Federal investment in core drinking water, waste- |
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| 27 | 27 | | water, stormwater capture, sustainable desalination, and |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HRES 274 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | water recycling programs allow local utilities and the cus- |
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| 32 | 32 | | tomers of those local utilities to have the resources to |
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| 33 | 33 | | affordably improve in water reliability and meet Federal |
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| 34 | 34 | | regulatory obligations; |
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| 35 | 35 | | Whereas source control is a critical first step to reducing |
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| 36 | 36 | | emerging contaminants from entering water systems and |
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| 37 | 37 | | the environment, along with advancing the state of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | science on the risks of those contaminants, which is es- |
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| 39 | 39 | | sential to protect public health; |
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| 40 | 40 | | Whereas water infrastructure projects often rely on specific |
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| 41 | 41 | | products and technologies, and substitutions may not be |
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| 42 | 42 | | readily available, so it is critical to consider the realities |
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| 43 | 43 | | unique to the water sector, and the near-term challenges |
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| 44 | 44 | | that water infrastructure projects face; |
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| 45 | 45 | | Whereas countless disadvantaged communities in the United |
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| 46 | 46 | | States struggle to make needed investments in critical |
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| 47 | 47 | | water infrastructure while simultaneously keeping rates |
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| 48 | 48 | | affordable; |
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| 49 | 49 | | Whereas water research helps solve some of the most pressing |
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| 50 | 50 | | challenges for the water sector, such as— |
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| 51 | 51 | | (1) aging infrastructure; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) emerging contaminants; |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3) resiliency to extreme weather; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (4) drought and water scarcity; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | (5) significant shifts in population; |
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| 56 | 56 | | Whereas research and development aimed at finding cost-ef- |
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| 57 | 57 | | fective solutions to the most pressing challenges for the |
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| 58 | 58 | | water sector— |
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| 59 | 59 | | (1) create more resilient and effective water systems; |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) create new jobs and support thriving commu- |
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| 61 | 61 | | nities nationwide; and |
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| 65 | 65 | | (3) result in improved public health and safety and |
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| 66 | 66 | | promote equitable solutions throughout the United |
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| 67 | 67 | | States; and |
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| 68 | 68 | | Whereas Congress and the executive branch should assist |
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| 69 | 69 | | water utilities to ensure that those communities can con- |
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| 70 | 70 | | tinue to fulfill their core mission of protecting public |
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| 71 | 71 | | health and the environment while supporting local eco- |
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| 72 | 72 | | nomic growth by addressing challenges related to— |
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| 73 | 73 | | (1) managing aging water infrastructure, and esca- |
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| 74 | 74 | | lating operation and maintenance costs, supply chain dis- |
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| 75 | 75 | | ruptions, and workforce shortages; |
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| 76 | 76 | | (2) addressing growing water quality impairments |
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| 77 | 77 | | and regulations from emerging contaminants and nutri- |
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| 78 | 78 | | ents; and |
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| 79 | 79 | | (3) ensuring proper climate adaptation, system resil- |
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| 80 | 80 | | iency, and security measures are in place: Now, therefore, |
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| 81 | 81 | | be it |
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| 82 | 82 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 1 |
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| 83 | 83 | | the designation of ‘‘National Water Week’’. 2 |
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