# 114-hr-4615: Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act

114-hr-4615, Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4615
- Congress: 114
- Title: Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2016-02-25
- Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 42
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Water Conservation Rebate Tax Parity Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income of the value of any water conservation and efficiency measure or water runoff management improvement (or any subsidy, rebate, or other amount for such a measure or improvement) received from a water department. A "water department" means any entity (including a public or private utility, the federal government, or a state or local government) engaged in the provision of water to the public through pipes or other conveyances or in the collection, treatment, management, or disposal of storm water or waste water generated by the public.

## Cosponsors (42)

- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kirkpatrick, Ann [D-AZ-1] (D-AZ), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2016-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- LOIS CAPPS (D-CA), 2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA), 2016-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA), 2016-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2016-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] (D-CA), 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ), 2016-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- DANA ROHRABACHER (R-CA), 2016-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2016-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2016-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2016-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2016-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2016-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2016-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2016-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2016-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2016-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- SAM FARR (D-CA), 2016-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2016-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2016-04-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2016-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2016-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2016-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2016-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2016-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2016-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA), 2016-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37] (D-TX), 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4615 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4615)

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