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To clarify the definition of navigable waters, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1261| House 
| Updated: 3/1/2017
Mac Thornberry

Mac Thornberry

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (13)
Steve Chabot (Republican)John Ratcliffe (Republican)Stevan Pearce (Republican)David Rouzer (Republican)Bruce Poliquin (Republican)Sam Johnson (Republican)Bill Flores (Republican)Ted Poe (Republican)Blake Farenthold (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Austin Scott (Republican)Bradley Byrne (Republican)Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican)

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 Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Rule signed on May 27, 2015, which describes the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as 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
Feb 28, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  • February 28, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 28, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • March 1, 2017
    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

To clarify the definition of navigable waters, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1261| House 
| Updated: 3/1/2017
Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act This bill nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Rule signed on May 27, 2015, which describes the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as 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
Feb 28, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 1, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  • February 28, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 28, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.


  • March 1, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mac Thornberry

Mac Thornberry

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (13)
Steve Chabot (Republican)John Ratcliffe (Republican)Stevan Pearce (Republican)David Rouzer (Republican)Bruce Poliquin (Republican)Sam Johnson (Republican)Bill Flores (Republican)Ted Poe (Republican)Blake Farenthold (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Austin Scott (Republican)Bradley Byrne (Republican)Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican)

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