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Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005

Introduced: March 17, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Mar 18, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 17, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.
What's happening now March 18, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 912 Identical bill Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005
  • HR 2658 Text similarities Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 46
All 46 Democratic 31 Republican 1 Independent 1
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 29, 2006
Davis, Lincoln
· Sep 19, 2006
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 4, 2006
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 25, 2006
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Apr 4, 2006
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 28, 2006
Bean, Melissa
· Mar 2, 2006
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 2, 2006
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Dec 6, 2005
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Apr 28, 2005
TAYLOR, GENE
· Apr 13, 2005
BOUCHER, RICK
· Apr 6, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 17, 2005
Davis, Artur
· Mar 17, 2005
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 17, 2005
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Mar 17, 2005
EHLERS, VERNON
· Mar 17, 2005
GORDON, BART
· Mar 17, 2005
KANJORSKI, PAUL
· Mar 17, 2005
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Mar 17, 2005
KILPATRICK, CAROLYN
· Mar 17, 2005
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 17, 2005
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 17, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Mar 17, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 17, 2005
SPRATT, JOHN
· Mar 17, 2005
STUPAK, BART
· Mar 17, 2005
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Mar 17, 2005
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 17, 2005
WEINER, ANTHONY
· Mar 17, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1356: Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1356/
MLA
"H.R. 1356: Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1356/.
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H.R. 1356, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1356/.
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