随着华盛顿关于白宫计划提供3亿美元经济复苏计划的计划，包括大型基础设施组成部分，国会委员会正在采取更具针对性的方法。他们正在起草立法，以授权属于其管辖权的特定基础设施部门。

Brian Turmail, a spokesman for the Associated General Contractors of America, says, “The committees are likely ensuring to the greatest extent possible that they are meeting the goals of President Biden’s Build Back Better plan.”

参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默（Chuck Schumer）（D-N.Y.）3月23日说：“我们想要一个大型，大胆，强大的包装。”他补充说：“我们正在探索各种不同的选择。”

Turmail说，AGC的“最佳猜测”是，白宫计划的基础设施部分将类似于$ 15万亿美元的前进法案，这是众议院去年7月通过的。它包括4.94亿美元的高速公路，运输和铁路。它还拥有400亿美元的清洁水国家循环资金（SRFS），饮用水SRF的250亿美元和700亿美元的清洁能源。参议院去年没有接受该法案。

两个众议院委员会制定标记言之凿凿ing aggressive amounts for the Environmental Protection Agency’s wastewater treatment and drinking water programs. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) on March 16 introduced a five-year measure authorizing $50 billion for wastewater treatment infrastructure. The bill’s core is $40 billion for Clean Water SRFs. That program has long been the main federal funding source for wastewater projects.

该法案对500亿美元的来源保持沉默。收入账单是根据委员会的职权范围的。

另一个警告是，像所有授权法案一样，Defazio提案的资金将受到年度拨款。该法案授权每年80亿美元用于清洁水SRFS。SRF的2021年拨款为16亿美元。

Kristina Surfus, National Association of Clean Water Agencies managing director for government affairs, says, “Congress will be challenged to find pay-fors for infrastructure investment of all types, including water.” She adds, “This clean water authorization package is a great first step, setting the stage for significantly higher appropriations.”

Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 11 unveiled a $312-billion, five-year multisector infrastructure bill. It would include $51 billion for drinking water, including $26.3 billion for the SRFs and $22.5 billion to replace old lead service lines.

The bill also authorizes $69.9 billion for clean energy and energy-efficiency programs, including $19.4 billion for electric grid infrastructure improvements. Health care facilities are another focus. The bill would provide $10 billion for hospital construction and modernization and another $10 billion for community health centers.

在参议院中，环境和公共工程委员会定于3月24日在资助EPA清洁水和饮用水循环资金的立法上投票。这两个SRF计划中的每个计划都将在五年内授权146.5亿美元。