House Package Merges Billions in New Water, Clean Energy Funding

House Democrats unveiled details of their $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan Monday that would pay for water projects, fight contamination from “forever chemicals,” and move toward a national network of electric vehicle charging stations.

The 2,309-page package combines a $500 billion surface transportation bill that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved June 18 with a grab bag of other clean energy, infrastructure, and education funding proposals already unveiled by Democrats in recent months.

The bill faces scant chance of passing the GOP-controlled Senate, but its proposals provide an illustration for what Democrats hope to achieve if they control the White ...