[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 17--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT CLEAN 
  WATER IS A NATIONAL PRIORITY AND THAT THE APRIL 21, 2020, NAVIGABLE 
       WATERS PROTECTION RULE SHOULD NOT BE WITHDRAWN OR VACATED

  Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Moran, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Rounds, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Blunt, 
Mr. Hawley, Mr. Paul, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Lummis, 
Mr. Braun, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cotton, and Mrs. Fischer) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works:

                               S. Res. 17

       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) clean water is a national priority; and
       (2) the final rule of the Corps of Engineers and the 
     Environmental Protection Agency entitled ``The Navigable 
     Waters Protection Rule: Definition of `Waters of the United 
     States' '' (85 Fed. Reg. 22250 (April 21, 2020)) should not 
     be withdrawn or vacated.

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