[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1203 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1203

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the 
   authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the 
          Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2015

Mr. McKinley (for himself, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia, 
 and Mr. Mooney of West Virginia) 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 the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the 
   authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the 
          Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

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

SECTION 1. PERMITS FOR DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL.

    (a) In General.--Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(c)) is amended by striking ``The 
Administrator is authorized'' and inserting ``Until such time as the 
Secretary has issued a permit under this section, the Administrator is 
authorized''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply--
            (1) to a permit issued under section 404(a) of the Federal 
        Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(a)) after the date 
        of enactment of this Act; and
            (2) to a permit issued under such section 404(a) on or 
        before such date of enactment if the Administrator failed to 
        submit to the Secretary a written objection to the permit prior 
        to the Secretary's issuance of the permit.
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