[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 106 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 106

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit removal to 
 United States district courts of certain civil actions filed in State 
                                courts.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 7, 2015

  Mr. Vitter 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 to permit removal to 
 United States district courts of certain civil actions filed in State 
                                courts.

    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 ``Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF CIVIL ACTIONS FILED IN STATE COURTS.

    The Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by inserting 
after section 505 (33 U.S.C. 1365) the following:

``SEC. 505A. REMOVAL OF CIVIL ACTIONS FILED IN STATE COURTS.

    ``Any civil action filed in a State court that involves a claim of 
environmental contamination that impacts or threatens to impact any 
waters of the United States subject to the jurisdiction of the Corps of 
Engineers may be removed by the defendant to the United States district 
court for the district in which the civil action is pending.''.
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