S 696
111th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Appalachia Restoration Act
Introduced: March 25, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3789)
Mar 25, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3789)
Mar 25, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Appalachia Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to define "fill material" to mean pollutants that: (1) replace a portion of the water of the United States with dry land; or (2) modify the bottom elevation of a body of water for any purpose. Excludes from such definition: (1) the disposal of excess spoil material resulting from coal surface mining and reclamation activities in waters of the United States; or (2) trash or garbage.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3789)
Committees of jurisdiction
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