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Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act

USA116th CongressHR-2287| House 
| Updated: 4/11/2019
Mac Thornberry

Mac Thornberry

Republican Representative

Texas

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act This bill nullifies the Clean Water Rule that was issued on May 27, 2015, by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The rule describes the scope of the Clean Water Act. Under this bill, the Clean Water Act applies to waters of the United States that are (1) navigable-in-fact; or (2) permanent or continuously flowing bodies of water that form geographical features commonly known as streams, oceans, rivers, and lakes that are connected to waters that are navigable-in-fact. Under this bill, the Act does not apply to (1) waters that do not physically abut those waters of the United States through an actual and continuous surface water connection; (2) man-made or natural structures or channels through which water flows intermittently or ephemerally; or (3) wetlands (including playa lakes, prairie potholes, wet meadows, wet prairies, and vernal pools) that lack that continuous surface water connection. The aggregation of wetlands or waters may not be used to determine whether the wetlands or waters are navigable waters.
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Timeline
Apr 10, 2019
Introduced in House
Apr 10, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  • April 10, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • April 10, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • April 11, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Environmental Protection

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresArmy Corps of EngineersEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresLakes and riversWater qualityWetlands

Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act

USA116th CongressHR-2287| House 
| Updated: 4/11/2019
Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act This bill nullifies the Clean Water Rule that was issued on May 27, 2015, by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The rule describes the scope of the Clean Water Act. Under this bill, the Clean Water Act applies to waters of the United States that are (1) navigable-in-fact; or (2) permanent or continuously flowing bodies of water that form geographical features commonly known as streams, oceans, rivers, and lakes that are connected to waters that are navigable-in-fact. Under this bill, the Act does not apply to (1) waters that do not physically abut those waters of the United States through an actual and continuous surface water connection; (2) man-made or natural structures or channels through which water flows intermittently or ephemerally; or (3) wetlands (including playa lakes, prairie potholes, wet meadows, wet prairies, and vernal pools) that lack that continuous surface water connection. The aggregation of wetlands or waters may not be used to determine whether the wetlands or waters are navigable waters.
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Timeline
Apr 10, 2019
Introduced in House
Apr 10, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 11, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  • April 10, 2019
    Introduced in House


  • April 10, 2019
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • April 11, 2019
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mac Thornberry

Mac Thornberry

Republican Representative

Texas

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee

Environmental Protection

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresArmy Corps of EngineersEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresLakes and riversWater qualityWetlands