3.0.0 1870 2023-01-11T20:41:15Z 2023-01-11T20:41:15Z Senate S S 2007-07-25 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2008-04-09T18:58:43Z Referred to 2007-07-25T20:15:24Z Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 110 2421 HR 2008-04-16 Committee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2008-04-09 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-1245. Committee 2007-07-25 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9919-9920) IntroReferral 2007-07-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9918-9919) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-07-25 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2007-07-25 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-07-25 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-07-25 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-07-25 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-07-25 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-07-25 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2007-07-25 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-07-25 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2007-07-25 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-07-25 True K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2007-07-25 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-07-25 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-07-25 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2007-07-25 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-07-25 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2007-07-25 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-07-25 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-07-25 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-10-23 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-07-30 False Environmental Protection Agricultural pollution Agriculture and Food Dredging Irrigation Lakes Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Oil pollution Rivers Storm drains Territorial waters Water Resources Development Water pollution control Wetlands Environmental Protection 00 2007-07-25 Introduced in Senate 2008-01-04T20:05:36Z Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.

Declares that nothing in such Act shall be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of the Army or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act related to discharges: (1) composed entirely of return flows from irrigated agriculture; (2) of stormwater runoff from certain oil, gas, and mining operations composed entirely of flows from precipitation runoff conveyances, which are not contaminated by or in contact with specified materials; or (3) of dredged or fill materials resulting from normal farming, silviculture, and ranching activities or from activities with respect to which a state has an approved program, or for the purposes of maintenance of currently serviceable structures, construction or maintenance of farm or stock ponds, irrigation ditches and maintenance of drainage ditches, or farm, forest, or temporary roads for moving mining equipment in accordance with best management practices, or construction of temporary sedimentation basins on construction sites for which discharges do not include placement of fill material into the waters of the United States.

]]> Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1870is/xml/BILLS-110s1870is.xml 2008-04-09 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-1245. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.