June 20, 2008
Congress to Clear Supplemental Before Recess, Appropriations: Energy and Water Subcommittee Markup Held, Reclamation Stakeholder Meeting Held, EPA: Security “Gap” at Water Facilities, CORPS: Water Resources Coalition Comments on Proposed P&G, Memorial Service for John Keys Held at Interior, “Cap and trade” Returns to the Hill, Boxer Testifies at Hearing, Hydroelectric Power Discussed at House Hearing

June 6, 2008
Senate Briefly Debates Cap and Trade Bill, Water Provisions included in the Cap and Trade Bill, Panel Briefing on Climate Change Science, Most of the Farm Bill Becomes Law, House Science Committee Investigating Water Research Needs , Peltier Testifies on Salmon Decline , Water 2025 Program Awards Grants to Water Districts, Drought Decree Underscores Statewide Problem, House Subcommittee Discusses Oceanic Acidification

April 28, 2008
Current Farm Bill Extended One More Time, Boxer Blasts EPA at Senate Hearing on Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water, CWA: House T&I Committee Holds Hearing on Oberstar bill, Aging Infrastructure Subject of Senate Hearing, Water Bills Move Forward, Reclamation Briefs Congress on Managing for Excellence, Federal Affairs Committee to Meet

April 11, 2008
Bureau Testifies Against Water Recycling Bills, House Passes Ocean Legislation and Lower Colorado MSCP, Senate Passes Omnibus Natural Resources Bill, Senate EPW Considers Clean Water Restoration Act , Congresswoman Eadie Bernice Johnson Attends WIN Meeting, House Names Farm Bill Conferees

March 14, 2008
EPW COMMITTEE PLANS HEARING ON PHARMACEUTICALS, CHEMICAL SECURITY: COMPETEING BILLS INTRODUCED , ARMY CORPS: SENATORS DISGUSTED BY BUDGET PROPOSAL, WATER RESOURCES COALITION ENCOURAGES FUNDING, NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE APPROVES BILLS, DARRYL MILLER ELECTED CHAIR OF NEW WATER SUPPLY COALITION, PELOSI, MILLER, BLUMENAUER PROMOTE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN

February 15, 2008
DC Conference Preview, Farm Bill: Senate and House Negotiate with March 15 Deadline Looming, Interior Budget: $10.7 Billion Overall, $21.3 Million for 'Water for America' Initiative, Water Infrastructure: Obama Pledges Billions if President, Chemical Security Update: February 26 Hearing, March 2 Markup Scheduled, FY2009 Budget: Lawmakers Analyze EPA, Army Corps Budgets, DC Office Summer Internship, Upcoming Hearings: House to Examine BOR Budget, Senate Local Water Bills

February 1, 2008
2008 ACWA DC Conference: February 26 – 28, Bay-Delta: Wanger Decision Discussed at House Hearing , GAO Report Request: Rep Solis Asks GAO to Analyze Bottled Water Use, 30 Million Discarded Daily, Rep Calvert Assigned to the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water , GAO Report Request: Lawmakers Seek Revenue Sources for CWTF, Farm Bill: Subsidy Caps, Tax Measures at Heart of Legislative and Executive Dispute, Report Critical of EPA’s Chemical Security Program , Senate Energy Committee Prepares to Move Omnibus Bill , USDA: Former North Dakota Governor New Secretary of Agriculture

January 18, 2008
Congress: Slowing Economy Top Focus, Delta: House Subcommittee on Water and Power Hearing Notice, Natural Resources Committee Agenda, Chemical Security Hearing Scheduled in House, Farm Bill: Stalled Until Conference Committee Meets to Discuss Differences, RWEP: ACWA, Broad Coalition of Water Organizations Fight for Funding Within Farm Bill, CWA: EPA Releases Green Infrastructure Strategy for Stormwater Runoff

December 14, 2007
Happy Holidays, Thirty Hours of Debate Left on Farm Bill, Congress: One More Week, Senate Energy Committee Discusses SECURE Water Act, House Committee Examines Effects of Bottled Water Industry, New Chemical Security Bill in the House, Publication Notice

November 16, 2007
WRDA: Congress Votes to Override Presidential Veto, Farm Bill: A Number of Amendments to be Considered, Including Boxer’s RWEP Proposal, San Joaquin River Settlement Bill Marked Up, House Subcommittee Marks Up Perchlorate Bill, House T&I Committee Considers 21st Century Water Commission, NWRA: 75th Anniversary Conference Held, Appropriations: Reid Suggests Christmas Omnibus, Fall Conference: Federal Affairs Committee to Meet, Johnson to Speak

November 2, 2007
WRDA: Veto Showdown Ahead, 2007 Farm Bill Update: What to Expect in the Upcoming Debate, House Passes Madera Water Supply Enhancement Act, Dam Rehabilitation Legislation Passes House, EPW: Climate Change Bill Contains Water Provisions, Science Committee Considers Water Use Efficiency Legislation, Water and Power Considers Goleta Title Transfer, Postponed Delta Hearing Prompts Letter, MWD of Southern California Holds Delta Briefings

October 19, 2007
T&I Committee Celebrates Clean Water Act’s Birthday, House Water and Power Approves Several California Bills , Senate: Major Water Legislation Introduced , ESA: Drought Prompts GA Delegation to Seek Suspension , Farm Bill Update: Markup Scheduled; Subsidy Changes Lead to Increased Conservation Funds, APPROPRIATIONS: Senate Keeps Struggling

October 5, 2007
Hurdles Still Ahead for WRDA, Harkin Postpones Farm Bill Markup; Finance Committee Passes Conservation Proposal, Senators Work to Create Uniform Approach to Invasive Species Suppression, Delta Crisis: ACWA Members Hold Delegation Briefings, Rep. McCarthy Encourages Bipartisan Support for Storage and Conveyance, Rep. Nunes Introduces Legislation to Offset Water Loss from Settlement, Water and Power Ponders Several California Bills; ACWA Members Testify, Senate: Domenici Retirement Amplifies Lineup Changes

September 14, 2007
Congress: Democrats to Refocus on Domestic Issues; Republicans on the Budget, Prioritization of Sacramento River Watershed in 2007 Farm Bill, Reclamation Names New Regional Directors, EPA: No CWA Guidance in the Near Future, Debt Limit: Senate Panel Approves Nearly $10 Trillion Level, New Bills

August 10, 2007
WRDA to Wait Until September, Senate Passes Infrastructure Study Legislation, Inhofe Introduces ‘Water Security Act’, Congress: September Fights with Bush Expected, ACWA Federal Affairs Committee Meeting Re-Cap, Publication Notice

July 30, 2007
Water and Wastewater Utilities DHS Exemption Under Attack, Clean Water Restoration Act Hearings Held, House Leaders Push for WRDA before August Break, MSCP Legislation Garners Support at House and Senate Hearings, Cheney Invited to Testify at Klamath Oversight Hearing

July 13, 2007
WRDA Beginning to Move Forward, Future of Farm Bill Up in the Air, House Energy and Water Bill Receives Earmarks, Bono’s HR 1725 Sails through House, ACWA Requests Co-Sponsorships of CREWS Funding Bill, House T&I Committee Holds Heated Oversight Hearing, DOD Handling of Base Cleanups Subject of House Armed Services Hearing, Federal Affairs Committee to Meet, Upcoming Hearings

June 29, 2007
SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES KEY APPROPRIATIONS BILLS, AFTER ATTACK, WATER RECYCLING BILLS MOVE FORWARD , CONGRESSMAN BILBRAY TESTIFIES AT SENATE EPW HEARING, CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO KLAMATH RIVER BASIN DECISIONS, SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH NATIONAL HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, WATER AND POWER SUBCOMMITTEE TO CONDUCT BAY-DELTA OVERSIGHT HEARING, NEW BILLS

June 15, 2007
NWRA To Hold Western Water Seminar in Monterey, BOR Resumes Limited Pumping at Bill Jones Pumping Plant, Title XVI Bills Move Through House, Oversight of Weather Satellite Program Continues, Brick Testifies at Senate Climate Change Hearing , House Farm Bill Moving Forward, House Natural Resources Committee Approves Energy and Climate Bill, Earmark Deal Announced

June 1, 2007
Publication Notice

May 18, 2007
WRDA Sails Through Senate, Recycling Bills Subject of House Water and Power Hearing, House Moves Forward with Farm Bill Conservation Title, Water Coalition Expands and Continues to Support Farm Bill Partnership Programs, Napolitano Commends Passage of Budget Resolution Addressing San Joaquin River Restoration, Energy Bill Includes Water Intiatives, McCarthy Named to Serve on House Natural Resources Committee, Rep. Calvert Statement on Temporary Assignment to House Appropriations Committee

May 4, 2007
SENATE HOLDS HEARING ON SAN JOAQUIN SETTLEMENT, SPARKS FLY AT PERCHLORATE HEARING, SENATORS QUERY KEMPTHORNE ABOUT PROPOSED ESA REGULATIONS, RESOURCES MARKS UP ORANGE COUNTY BILL, SENATE SITE SECURITY LEGISLATION INTRODUCED, WATER COALITION SUPPORTS PARTNERSHIP LANGUAGE IN FARM BILL, BUREAU OF RECLAMATION: WATER SUPPLY UPDATE, ACTRESS JANE SEYMOUR HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL WATER ISSUES, FEDERAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO MEET

April 20, 2007
House Overwhelmingly Passes WRDA, House Passes Sanchez Title XVI Bill, House Water and Power Moves Water Recycling, Site Security Bills, Agricultural Impacts on Water Quality Explored, Funding for Farm Bill Conservation Programs Uncertain, Senator Boxer Assails EPA MTBE, Perchlorate Decision, EPA Unveils Interactive Watershed Planning Tool, San Joaquin Settlement Cost Estimates Released, Byrd Kicks in New Earmark Rules , Beard Presents "Green the Capitol" Report, New Bills

March 23, 2007
WRDA Approved by House Committee, Budget Resolutions: Slogging Forward, Chemical Security: State Preemption Issues Reemerge , Farm Bill: Water Groups Request More Funding for Conservation Programs, Water Recycling: Coalition Seeks More Money , Climate Change Week: Costa Hearing Precedes Gore Appearances

March 9, 2007
HR 720 Passes House, Healthy Communities Supply Act Sails Through House, Sewer Overflow Bill Passes House by Large Margin, Water and Power Subcommittee Considers San Joaquin Settlement, House Water and Power Subcommittee Examines BOR FY 2008 Budget, House Energy Committee Examines EPA Budget , Senate EPW Committee Criticizes SRF Funding Cuts

February 23, 2007
Publication Note, ACWA 2007 DC Conference, Conference Kick-Off Breakfast, Bush/Schwarzenegger Speech Program, Annual Congressional Speech Program, Budget-Politics Caps DC Conference

February 9, 2007
Reclamation Budget Released: Feinstein Opposes CALFED cuts, Army Corps Budget Unveiled, President’s EPA Budget Maintains Status Quo, Agriculture Budget Focuses on Water, Napolitano Named Water and Power Chair, Hetch Hetchy Study Blasted, House T&I Committee Sends Water Bills To the Floor

January 26, 2007
DC Conference Fast Approaching: February 13-15, 2007, Bush Outlines 2007 Agenda, Stopgap Funding Creates Confusion in Washington, SRFs: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Holds First Hearing , Potential Expansion of Clean Water Act Jurisdiction, Upcoming Hearings, New Bills

January 12, 2007
Boxer Agenda Outlined, Perchlorate Bills Introduced in the Senate, San Joaquin Settlement Legislation Introduced, T&I Committee to Consider SRF Legislation, Radanovich, Cardoza Leave Resources Committee, CALFED Briefings Held, DC Conference Taking Shape: February 13-15, 2007, NWRA Priorities for 110th Congress, New Bills

December 14, 2006
Senator Recovering From Brain Surgery , Rural Water Bill Headed to President’s Desk, Drought Bill Awaits Presidents Signature, ‘More Water and More Energy Act’ Clears House, House and Senate Pass Dam Safety Act, California Gets 3 New Appropriators, Environmental Groups Say EPA Rule Violates Clean Water Act, Salton Sea Restoration To Be Priority for Boxer

December 1, 2006
2007 ACWA DC Conference, Committee Agendas in the 110th Congress, Short Lame Duck Session Predicted, WRDA Rumors Abound, Federal Affairs Committee to Meet, Federal Register Notices

November 22, 2006
Publication Notice

November 9, 2006
Democrats Prepare to Run Congress, Pelosi Ready to Rule, Rahall Expected To Be Next Resources Committee Chairman, Energy Committee Agenda, Boxer Likely to Chair EPW Committee, WRDA To Top Agenda of New T&I Committee Chair, Federal Affairs Committee to Meet, ACWA 2007 DC Conference

October 6, 2006
Notice, Congress Passes Flurry of Bills Before Leaving Town, Senate Confirms Bob Johnson, Chemical Security: Exemptions Secured, WRDA Put on Hold, Federal Affairs Committee Meets, House Agriculture Committee Examines EPA Pesticide Review, Hermaphroditic Fish Subject of House Hearing, Agriculture Water Reuse Conference: October 29-31

September 22, 2006
San Joaquin River Settlement Discussed In Washington, Congress Racing To Campaign Recess, Chemical Security: Exemption for Water Facilities Likely, Hearing Held on Bob Johnson Nomination, House, Senate Name WRDA Conferees, Senate Looks at Title Transfers, Madera, and Folsom South Canal, Interior Department IG Blasts Top Officials, Capps' Oxnard Bill Passes House, Dam Safety Bills Clear House T&I Committee, DOE Climate Technology Strategic Plan Criticized, EPA Praises EBMUD, Energy-Water Nexus Congressional Briefing, NRC Committee Investigates Desalination, New Bills, Federal Register Notices

September 8, 2006
Congress Returs, National Security Tops Agenda, House Water and Power Holds Levee Hearing, House Delays Fisheries Vote, Soils Vows to Focus on EPA Budget, Oversight, Federal Affairs Committee to Meet, New Bills, Army Corps Survey

August 11, 2006
NOTICE, COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION LISTENING SESSIONS, BOR TO HOLD 2nd MANAGING FOR EXCELLENCE MEETING, DOMENICI INTRODUCES TITLE TRANSFERS BILL, AwwaRF FUNDING, CBO RELEASES REPORT ON FEDERAL WATER ALLOCATIONS, CA WATER BILLS, CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION HONORS STEVE HALL, MIDTERMS: PREDICTIONS FAVOR DEMOCRATS, SENATOR FEINSTEIN ENDORSES PROPOSITION 84, NEW BILLS

July 28, 2006
Congress Adjourns for Summer Recess, Senate Passes WRDA, President Nominates Johnson for BOR Commissioner, Senate Water and Power Considers Water Recycling Legislation, Resources Committee Passes Several Water Bills, Pollutant Treaties Clear House Agriculture Committee, House Water and Power Discusses Rural Water Legislation, House Committees Hold Climate Change Hearings , Federal Register Notices

July 14, 2006
Congressional Schedule and Agenda, Senators Feinstein and Murkowski Introduce New Water Recycling Legislation, Recycling: Lewis and Bilbray Bills Examined, Salmon Funding Restored in Senate Bill, Chemical Security Measures On the Move in Congress, San Joaquin River Settlement, Concerns Raised Over Legislation Requiring a Bittering Agent Be Added to Anti-Freeze, Pesticides: Pollutant Treaties Authorization Clears House Energy Committee, House Transportation & Infrastructure Holds Ballast Water Hearing, Kempthorne Approves Water 2025 Project Grants, Hogan Resigns from Fish and Wildlife, Peltier Named Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Reclamation Is In, BuRec and Bureau Are Out, Federal Register Notices

June 30, 2006
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES INTERIOR, ENERGY-WATER BILLS: CALFED RECEIVES $39 MILLION, SALMON FUNDS CUT, RESOURCES HOLDS WETLANDS CONSERVATION HEARING, SENATE BRIEFING ON WETLANDS COURT DECISION, LUNGREN EXEMPTS DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS FROM CHEMICAL SECURITY BILL, WRDA: SENATE DEMOCRATS AGREE TO FLOOR DEBATE, REVISIONS TO WATER RECYCLING LEGISLATION, CONGRESS: JULY 4th RECESS BEGINS, BOR TO HOLD MANAGING FOR EXCELLENCE WORKSHOP, HOUSE WATER AND POWER HOLDS BOR SITE SECURITY HEARING, WATER INTERNS BRIEFED BY CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS, NEW BILLS

June 16, 2006
Wetlands: All Eyes on Pending Supreme Court Cases, Water Facilities Included in Chemical Securities Bill, Bilbray Returns to Congress, $30.4 Million for Levee Repairs/$9 Million for Drought, Science Committee Passes Drought Mitigation Bill, Science Committee Holds Hearing on Weather Satellites, EPA Initiates New Water Conservation Program, GAO Publishes Report on Allocation of Clean Water SRF's, BOR Launches "Managing for Excellence" Website, Solis Bill Endorsed by American Nurses' Association, Upcoming Hearings, Federal Register Notices

June 2, 2006
Energy and Water Appropriations Pass House, Emergency Supplemental Conference Delayed, Senate Passes Wastewater/Dam Safety Bills, Senate: Hearing on BOR Managing for Excellence Report Held, Secretary Kempthorne Reaches Out to Water Community, EPA Proposes Rule: Permits Unnessecary for Water Transfers, Colleen Butterfield Begins Internship, Upcoming Hearings, Federal Register Notices

May 19, 2006
BUDGET: HOUSE PASSES $2.8 TRILLION SPENDING PLAN, APPROPRIATIONS: INTERIOR-EPA, ENERGY & WATER MOVE FORWARD, CALFED: $40.1 MILLION APPROVED BY HOUSE APPROPRIATORS, FEDERAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE RE-CAP, ACWA DC REPS UPDATED ON HOUSE, SENATE OUTLOOK, UPCOMING HEARINGS, SUPREME COURT WEIGHS IN ON CLEAN WATER ACT, RESOURCES COMMITTEE HOLDS MAGNUSON-STEVENS MARKUP, NEW BILLS, FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

May 6, 2006
Feinstein Boxer Secure Funds for Levees, Flood Control, Appropriations: Lewis Unveils Allocations, ACWA Federal Affairs to Meet May 10, Kempthorne Plans to Focus on ESA Reform, Rinne Named Acting Commissioner, Luke Johnson Joins BOR, House Passes Dana Point Desal, Salt Cedar Bills, WRDA Press Conference Held, House Science Subcommittee Holds Drought Hearing, USGS Holds Briefing on VOCs in Groundwater

April 21, 2006
NOTICE

April 4, 2006
Inhofe Announces Plans to Take Over ESA Reform, Congress: DeLay, McKinney Overshadow Immigration, Budget, Levees: House Water and Power Conducts Oversight Hearing, House Water and Power Holds Hearing on Future of BOR, Reclamation Reorganization Discussed, Pombo and Feinstein Request Emergency Planning for Delta, Keys Receives ACWA's Lifetime Acheivement Award, Federal Register Notices

March 24, 2006
DOD Seeking Perchlorate Exemptions, Summer Intern Positions With Water Leadership Program, BOR Commissioner John Keys Announces Retirement, Kempthorne to be Named Norton's Successor, Congress: Back for Two Weeks, Pombo Named Agriculture Vice-Chair, Bond Collapse Leaves Delegation Guessing, East Coast Moderate Boehlert Announces Retirement, Upcoming Hearings, Federal Register Notices , USGS Holds Flood Control and Stream Gage Briefing

March 10, 2006
Summer Intern Positions With Water Leadership Program, ACWA 2006 DC Conference , Westerners Defend Peltier Against New York Times Attack, Ways and Means Chairman Thomas Announces Retirement, Levees: Doolittle Request Postponed by Lewis, Water 2025 Challenge Grant Program Announced

February 24, 2006
DC CONFERENCE, February 28-March 2, CONGRESS RETURNS FACING DIFFICULT BUDGET PROCESS, SUPREME COURT WEIGHS CLEAN WATER ACT CASES, CWA: EPA PROPOSES NEW RULE TO REWARD STATES CHARGING FOR PERMITS, ESA: KEYSTONE STUDY REAFFIRMS NEED TO UPDATE ESA, UPCOMING HEARINGS, FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

February 10, 2006
Bush Budget Released: Water Highlights, Mat Maucieri to Leave ACWA, DC Conference: February 28-March 2, House, Senate Water Hearings Get Rolling, 78 Senators Call for WRDA Vote, Interbasin Transfers: EPA Rule in the Works, Supreme Court Cases Getting Attention, Federal Register Notices

January 27, 2006
Federal Affairs Committee Re-Cap, Washington, DC--What's Going on Here?, Congress: 2007 Budget, Lobbying Reforms, and Appropriations Requests, Some Californians Weigh in on New House Leader, Some Silent, EPA Announces New Water Quality System, Governor Cites Levees, Ports in Security Letter, Treasury and IRS Issue Notice on Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, Hogan Named Deputy DOI Assistant Secretary, Domenici Appoints Bruce Evans Staff Director, Feinstein Urges Federal Funding of Flood Control Projects, Federal Register Notices