FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

Amendments

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), H7322, H7324 [9SE]

Bills and resolutions

EPA: assist municipalities and regional sewer authorities that would experience a significant hardship raising revenue for projects and activities for construction of wastewater treatment works (see H.R. 3862), H223 [14JA]

——— assist planning and construction of treatment works to intercept, transport, or treat municipal and sanitary sewer overflows, and update guidance used to implement certain clean water programs (see S. 2797), S5564 [11SE]

——— carry out a pilot program to work with municipalities seeking to develop and implement integrated plans to meet Federal Water Pollution Control Act wastewater and stormwater obligations (see S. 2995), S6540 [10DE]

——— clarify and confirm authority to deny or restrict the use of a defined area as a dredged or fill material disposal site (see S. 2156), S1731 [25MR]

——— clarify authority to prohibit the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of a defined area for specification, as a disposal site (see H.R. 4854), H5362 [12JN]

——— consider projects involving rural communities in the selection of alternative water source projects (see H.R. 4113), H2064 [27FE]

——— establish the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (see S. 2674), S4997 [28JY] (see H.R. 5216), H6976 [28JY]

——— establish the Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Grant Program (see H.R. 5289), H7126 [30JY]

——— make competitive awards to national estuary programs (see H.R. 5117), H6296 [15JY]

——— preserve existing rights and responsibilities relative to non-prohibited discharges of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5071), H6106 [10JY]

——— provide grants for rural communities seeking smart water systems, alternative water sources, and more efficient use of current supplies (see S. 2228), S2326 [9AP]

——— provide guidance and clarification relative to issuance and renewal of coal mining permits for dredged or fill material (see H.R. 5077), H6135 [11JY]

——— reauthorize National Estuary Program (see H.R. 5266), H7125 [30JY]

——— reauthorize sewer overflow control grants program (see H.R. 5826), H9043 [10DE]

——— reauthorize the National Estuary Program (see S. 2042), S1174 [26FE]

Great Lakes: mitigate harmful algal blooms by prohibiting the discharge of dredged material back into the open waters (see H.R. 5516), H7674 [17SE]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2496), S3863 [19JN] (see H.R. 5078), H6135 [11JY]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), consideration (see H. Res. 715), H7295 [8SE]

Motions

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), H7337 [9SE]

Remarks in House

Corps of Engineers: prohibit funding to regulate farming, forestry, and ranching activities exempted under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H6071, H6072 [10JY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (H.R. 1175), H2689 [26MR]

EPA: enforcement of regulations and collection of fines relative to rainwater runoff, H5884 [9JY]

——— establish the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (H.R. 5216), E1249 [28JY]

——— exempt the conduct of certain silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements, E161 [4FE]

——— make competitive awards to national estuary programs, H7912 [12NO]

——— make permanent the moratorium on certain regulations and fines governing incidental discharges from commercial vessels under a certain size, H2779 [1AP]

——— proposed rules clarifying what types of waterways are protected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H2948 [4AP], H5313 [11JN], H5807 [26JN], H6662 [23JY]

——— provide guidance and clarification relative to issuance and renewal of coal mining permits for dredged or fill material (H.R. 5077), H6356 [17JY]

——— reauthorize National Estuary Program (H.R. 5266), H7911–H7913 [12NO], E1599 [17NO]

Great Lakes: provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to adjacent States (H.R. 600), H2999 [8AP]

Water: preserve authority of EPA and Corps of Engineers to protect quality of surface water available for public drinking water, agricultural uses, and to mitigate against harmful impact of drought, H7337 [9SE]

——— prevent exemption from proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act if it is determined implementation is likely to have an adverse impact on water quality, H7324 [9SE]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H5979 [9JY], H6668 [23JY], H7985 [14NO], H8001 [17NO]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), H7305, H7314–H7325, H7335–H7339 [9SE], H7393 [10SE], H7532 [16SE], H7948 [13NO], E1362 [9SE], E1379, E1380 [10SE], E1397 [11SE]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), motion to recommit, H7337 [9SE]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), unanimous-consent agreement, H7248 [8SE]

——— prevent issuance of final rules by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act if certain conditions are met, H7322, H7323 [9SE]

Remarks in Senate

Corps of Engineers: authority to regulate farming, forestry, and ranching activities exempted under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S6810 [13DE]

EPA: call for congressional support of environmental regulations, S3958 [25JN]

——— economic impact of certain water pollution regulations, S4318–S4321 [9JY]

——— proposed rules clarifying what types of waterways are protected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S3389 [4JN], S4141 [26JN]

Power resources: prohibit a national energy tax and revise regulations relative to discharge of pollutants by the coal industry into certain protected waters, S4852 [24JY]

——— prohibit a national energy tax and revise regulations relative to discharge of pollutants by the coal industry into certain protected waters (S. 1514), S385 [16JA], S979 [24FE], S4096 [26JN], S4574 [17JY]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S4294 [9JY], S4369 [10JY], S6110 [19NO], S6736 [12DE]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), S5518 [10SE], S5523 [11SE]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (S. 2496), S3952–S3958 [25JN]

Reports filed

Clean Estuaries Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2042) (S. Rept. 113–239), S5216 [31JY]

Coal Jobs Protection Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5077) (H. Rept. 113–604), H7881 [18SE]

Consideration of H.R. 5078, Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 715) (H. Rept. 113–581), H7295 [8SE]

EPA National Estuary Program Reauthorization: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5266) (H. Rept. 113–612), H7937 [12NO]

Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1080) (S. Rept. 113–190), S3474 [5JN]

Regulatory Certainty Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4854) (H. Rept. 113–609), H7937 [12NO]

Remove EPA Authority To Retroactively Disapprove Corps of Engineers Permits To Discharge Dredged or Fill Material Into Navigable Waters: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 524) (H. Rept. 113–485), H5596 [20JN]

San Francisco Bay Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 224) (S. Rept. 113–185), S3474 [5JN]

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2026) (H. Rept. 113–607), H7936 [12NO]

Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Protection Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5078) (H. Rept. 113–568), H7180 [31JY], H7295 [8SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 715, consideration of H.R. 5078, Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Protection Act, H7307 [9SE]

H.R. 5078, Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Protection Act, H7321 [9SE]

H.R. 5266, EPA National Estuary Program reauthorization, H7911 [12NO]