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Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005

Introduced: April 27, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Feb 28, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1531-1532)
Apr 27, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4400-4401)
Apr 27, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4399-4400)
Apr 27, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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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 February 28, 2006

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1531-1532)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1356 Identical bill Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Apr 25, 2006
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Nov 2, 2005
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 27, 2005
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 27, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 912: Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-912/
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"S. 912: Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-912/.
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S. 912, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-912/.
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