HJR 17 Summary

• Urges United States Congress to pass legislation providing reasonable drinking water and wastewater treatment standards that account for different regions and population sizes across the country

• Requests Congress impose a moratorium on the United States Environmental Protection Agency from adopting new policies or regulations concerning drinking water and wastewater treatment for at least two years, except for imminent health or environmental emergencies

• Calls for Congress to require the Environmental Protection Agency to identify all planned regulatory activity for drinking water and wastewater treatment over the next 10 years and provide objective cost-benefit analyses of cumulative effects on state and local governments

• Cites federal funding decline of $42,500,000 for Alaska village sanitation projects between 2004 and 2011 and proposed budget cuts of approximately $950,000,000 nationwide for Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds

• Directs copies of the resolution to be sent to the President, Vice-President, Speaker of the House, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Alaska congressional delegation members, and presiding officers of other state legislatures