3.0.0 106 2023-01-11T13:28:54Z 2023-01-11T13:28:54Z Senate S 2015-01-07 114 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-07T22:30:47Z Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act 114 6169 HR 2016-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Identical bill CRS 2015-01-07 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2015-01-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Environmental Protection Civil actions and liability Federal district courts Jurisdiction and venue Water quality Environmental Protection 00 2015-01-07 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-18T21:17:08Z Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act

This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a defendant to remove from a state court to the U.S. district court a civil action involving a claim of environmental contamination that impacts or threatens to impact waters of the United States subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

]]> Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act Display Title Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit removal to United States district courts of certain civil actions filed in State courts. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act Introduced in Senate 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s106is/xml/BILLS-114s106is.xml 2015-01-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.