[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13055]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




MODIFYING DATE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
               AND APPLICABLE STATES MAY REQUIRE PERMITS

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 433, S. 3372.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3372) to modify the date on which the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
     applicable States may require permits for discharges from 
     percent vessels.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements related 
to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3372) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3372

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

     SECTION 1. DISCHARGES INCIDENTAL TO NORMAL OPERATION OF 
                   VESSELS.

       Section 2(a) of Public Law 110-299 (33 U.S.C. 1342 note) is 
     amended by striking ``during the 2-year period beginning on 
     the date of enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``during 
     the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and ending on December 18, 2013''.

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