H.R. 1871 · 119th Congress

Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act

Introduced on Mar 5, 2025 by Jared Huffman (D-CA-2). 12 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 5, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 5, 2025
Cosponsors
12
3 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the exclusion for certain conservation subsidies to include subsidies for water conservation or efficiency measures, storm water management measures, and wastewater management measures.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jared HuffmanD-CA-2Sponsor

Democrats · 9

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Mar 5, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 5, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 5, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies7 reports
    $700K reported (all issues)
  2. Association of California Water Agencies6 reports
    $710K reported (all issues)
  3. Coachella Valley Water District6 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  4. Eastern Municipal Water District6 reports
    $260K reported (all issues)
  5. IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $70.3K reported (all issues)
  6. Las Virgenes-Triunfo Joint Powers Authority6 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  7. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California6 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  8. Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District6 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  9. West Basin Municipal Water District6 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  10. Central Utah Water Conservancy District5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  11. City of St. George5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  12. Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  13. Southern Nevada Water Authority5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  14. Weber Basin Water Conservancy District5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  15. Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities (CIFA)4 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  16. LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER4 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER$120K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. Alliance for Water Efficiency3 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  18. American Water Works Association2 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  19. Las Vegas Valley Water District2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICTAI match · 100%
  20. National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA)2 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  21. National Water Resources Association1 report
    $120K reported (all issues)
  22. Plumbing Manufacturers International1 report
    $14K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.