S. 570

Summary

S. 570, the Water Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 13, 2025 by Sen. Mark Kelly (D) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Environment And Public Works, and last saw action on Feb 13, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Record

Text

S. 570 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 S570 IS: Water Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-02-13
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 570  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   February 13, 2025   Mr. Kelly  (for himself and  Mr. Cramer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Environment and Public Works    A BILL
To amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to establish payment and performance security requirements for projects, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Water Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2025  .
2.
Federal requirements for WIFIA eligibility and project selection
Section 5028(a)(1)(C) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 3907(a)(1)(C) ) is amended—
(1)
by striking  The Secretary  and inserting the following:
(i)
Financing security features
The Secretary
 ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(ii)
Construction payment and performance security
(I)
In general
The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, shall ensure that the construction of a project carried out with assistance under this subtitle has payment and performance security in accordance with this clause.
(II)
Use of State or local requirements
The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, shall consider subclause (I) to be satisfied with respect to the construction of a project if—
(aa)
applicable State or local law requires payment and performance security with respect to the construction; and
(bb)
the amount of that payment and performance security is not less than 50 percent of the total construction contract amount.
(III)
Use of bonds
With respect to the construction of a project to which no State or local payment and performance security requirements apply or for which the amount of payment and performance security under applicable State or local payment and performance requirements does not meet the requirement described in subclause (II)(bb), the Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, shall require, for purposes of satisfying subclause (I), that the requirements described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 3131(b) of title 40, United States Code, be met.
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A bill to amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to establish payment and performance security requirements for projects, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Mark Kelly (D) sponsors S. 570, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Mark Kelly

Sen. · D–AZ · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 13, 2025

Kevin Cramer

Sen. · R–ND · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 13, 2025 · Original

Roger Wicker

Sen. · R–MS · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 7, 2026

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Committees

S. 570 went before 1 committee: Environment and Public Works.

Environment and Public Works

Environment and Public Works

Referred To · Feb 13, 2025 · 257 Bills

Actions

S. 570 has taken 2 actions since Feb 13, 2025.

Votes

S. 570 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 570, as Identical bill.

HR 1285Water Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2025Feb 13, 2025 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 570 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Water Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Water Infrastructure Subcontractor and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to establish payment and performance security requirements for projects, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

9 clients hired 10 firms and 34 registered lobbyists who named S. 570 in 56 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Insurance, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues, Trade (domestic/foreign), Transportation, Government Issues, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Agriculture.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 34.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 570 under Water Resources Development, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 570’s is Water Resources Development.

Legislative Subjects

S. 570 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Public contracts and procurement to Water resources funding.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com