PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.By Senator Carper from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 117-20.
Congressional Research Service
Version 55 · Passed Senate · Apr 29, 2021
Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 or establishes a variety of programs for water infrastructure. Specifically, it supports programs to provide safe drinking water or treat wastewater, such as sewer overflows or stormwater. For example, the bill reauthorizes and revises the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF.
People & committees
Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] · D–IL
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
By Senator Carper from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 117-20.
By Senator Carper from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 117-20.
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate, under the order of 4/28/21, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 89 - 2. Record Vote Number: 178.
Senate roll call 178 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate, under the order of 4/28/21, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 89 - 2. Record Vote Number: 178.
Senate roll call 178 · Individual votesConsidered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2314-2323, S2324-2340)
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S2221)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S2220)
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 92 - 2. Record Vote Number: 172. (CR S2220)
Senate roll call 172 · Individual votesCloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S2151)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S2151)
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held. Business Meeting printed. S. Hrg. 117-23.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 34.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held. Business Meeting printed. S. Hrg. 117-92.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Introduced in Senate
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
Source last updated: Sep 8, 2026. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze S.914 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine S.914 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine S.914 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine S.914 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.