[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2741 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2741

  To provide a conditional exemption under section 404 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, relating to discharges of dredged or fill 
      material, for maintenance of certain flood control projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 24, 1997

  Mr. McKeon (for himself, Mr. Herger, Mr. Dreier, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
     Calvert, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Horn, Mr. Lewis of 
  California, and Mr. Rogan) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide a conditional exemption under section 404 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, relating to discharges of dredged or fill 
      material, for maintenance of certain flood control projects.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 
404(f)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344(f)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' before ``bridge'';
            (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the 
        following: ``, and maintenance and repair required to operate 
        and maintain the serviceability of partially vegetated flood 
        control channels that are components of flood control 
        projects''.
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