3.0.0 2287 2022-11-01T19:47:20Z 2022-11-01T19:47:20Z House HR 2019-04-10 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. THORNBERRY:H.R. 2287.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H3259]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2019-04-11T16:20:32Z Referred to 2019-04-10T13:05:15Z 2019-04-11 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2019-04-10 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2019-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-04-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000238 Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] WILLIAM THORNBERRY R TX M. 13 N Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Lakes and rivers Water quality Wetlands Environmental Protection 00 2019-04-10 Introduced in House 2019-05-06T20:25:14Z 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.

]]> Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act Display Title Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act Official Title as Introduced To clarify the definition of navigable waters, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Federal Regulatory Certainty for Water Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2287ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2287ih.xml 2019-04-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. 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.