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Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007

Introduced: May 22, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 16, 2008
Committee Hearings Held.
Jul 19, 2007
Committee Hearings Held.
Jul 17, 2007
Committee Hearings Held.
May 23, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
May 22, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 22, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water 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.

Declares that nothing in such Act shall be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of the Army or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act related to discharges: (1) composed entirely of agricultural return flows; (2) of stormwater runoff from oil, gas, and mining operations; or (3) of dredged or fill materials resulting from normal farming, silviculture, and ranching activities or from activities with respect to which a state has an approved program, or for the purposes of maintenance of currently serviceable structures or drainage ditches, construction or maintenance of farm or stock ponds, irrigation ditches, or farm, forest, or temporary roads for moving mining equipment, or construction of temporary sedimentation basins on construction sites.

What's happening now April 16, 2008

Committee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 42
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 19, 2007
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Green, Al
Texas · Jun 27, 2007
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jun 21, 2007
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jun 13, 2007
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 7, 2007
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 22, 2007
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Castor, Kathy
Florida · May 22, 2007
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 22, 2007
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 22, 2007
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 22, 2007
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · May 22, 2007
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 22, 2007
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 22, 2007
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 22, 2007
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 22, 2007
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · May 22, 2007
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 22, 2007
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 22, 2007
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 22, 2007
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Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 22, 2007
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 22, 2007
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · May 22, 2007
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 22, 2007
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 22, 2007
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · May 22, 2007
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · May 22, 2007
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 22, 2007
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 22, 2007
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 22, 2007
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 22, 2007
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 22, 2007
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 22, 2007
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 22, 2007
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 22, 2007
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Sherman, Brad
California · May 22, 2007
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 22, 2007
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Thompson, Mike
California · May 22, 2007
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 22, 2007
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 22, 2007
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · May 22, 2007
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Waters, Maxine
California · May 22, 2007
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 22, 2007