[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1375 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1375

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill 
                 material cannot be comprised of waste.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2011

 Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Kissell, Mr. 
Berman, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Olver, Mr. Murphy of 
  Connecticut, Mr. Stark, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. 
Frank of Massachusetts, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Levin, Ms. Lee of California, 
Ms. Speier, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Polis, 
Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Rothman 
of New Jersey, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Cooper, Mrs. 
   Napolitano, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Honda, Mr. 
   McGovern, Mr. Moran, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. McNerney, Mr. 
 Ackerman, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
Filner, Mr. Holt, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Hastings 
of Florida, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr. Ellison, 
Mr. Crowley, and Mr. Chandler) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill 
                 material cannot be comprised of waste.

    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 ``Clean Water Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FILL MATERIAL.

    Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1362) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(26) Fill material.--The term `fill material' means any 
        pollutant which replaces portions of the waters of the United 
        States with dry land or which changes the bottom elevation of a 
        water body for any purpose. The term does not include any 
        pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of 
        waste.''.
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