By Emily Birnbaum | The Hill
President Trump is poised to sign a bipartisan water infrastructure bill after it passed the Senate 99-1 this week.
America’s Water Infrastructure Act, the most comprehensive infrastructure legislation passed this Congress, will authorize over $6 billion in federal spending on ports, harbors and waterways.
It will also deauthorize spending on water projects that have been deemed inefficient.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) cast the only “no” vote on the bill.
“President Trump called on Congress to take action on the country’s water infrastructure and we have done that today,” Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said in a statement on Wednesday.
The bill authorizes billions of dollars for an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fund that provides money to improve drinking water infrastructure at the state level. It also extends a federal program aimed at improving the drinking water in Flint, Mich.
