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<item congress="116" measure-type="s" measure-number="4402" measure-id="id116s4402" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2020-08-03" update-date="2021-08-11">
<title>A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify certain activities that would have been authorized under Nationwide Permit 12 and other Nationwide Permits, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s4402v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-08-11">
<action-date>2020-08-03</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill provides statutory authority under the Clean Water Act for activities authorized in the reissued final rule titled<em> Issuance and Reissuance of Nationwide Permits</em> and specifies requirements and criteria for subsequent reissuances of such permits. Nationwide permits are issued for periods of up to five years by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to authorize activities that have minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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