[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2067 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2067

     To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to 
                         recreational vessels.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 18, 2007

Mr. Martinez (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Lott, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Isakson, 
 Mr. Bunning, and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 
                                 Works

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to 
                         recreational vessels.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Recreational Boating Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Pollutant.--Section 502(6) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362(6)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(6) The term `pollutant''' and inserting 
        the following:
            ``(6) Pollutant.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `pollutant'''; and
            (2) in the second sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``This term does not mean'' and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), 
                        the term `pollutant' does not mean'';
                    (B) by striking ``(A) sewage'' and inserting the 
                following:
                                    ``(I) sewage'';
                    (C) by striking ``or (B) water'' and inserting the 
                following:
                                    ``(II) water'';
                    (D) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; or''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(II) any deck runoff from a 
                                recreational vessel, any engine cooling 
                                water, gray water, bilge water effluent 
                                from properly functioning recreational 
                                marine engine, laundry, shower, and 
                                galley sink waste from a recreational 
                                vessel, or any other discharge 
                                incidental to the normal operation of a 
                                recreational vessel.
                            ``(ii) Exception.--Clause (i)(III) does not 
                        apply to rubbish, trash, garbage, or any other 
                        similar material discharged overboard by a 
                        recreational vessel.''.
    (b) Recreational Vessel.--Section 502 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
            ``(25) Recreational vessel.--The term `recreational vessel' 
        means a vessel that is--
                    ``(A) manufactured for operation, or operated, 
                primarily for recreational purposes; or
                    ``(B) leased, rented, or chartered to an individual 
                for recreational purposes.''.
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