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HR 2765 112th Congress House

Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the requirement that permit applications for the discharge of pollutants be approved by disinterested board members, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 22, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Aug 1, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Aug 1, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 2, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a rule within 60 days to prohibit any member of a board or body that approves permit applications for the discharge of pollutants from seeking to influence the approval of any permit in which that member has a financial interest.

Provides that the requirement that state national pollutant discharge elimination system programs ensure that any board or body that approves permits excludes as a member any person who receives or has received during the previous two years a significant portion of income from permit holders or applicants shall have no force or effect after the earlier of the date on which such rule is issued or 120 days after this Act's enactment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Costa, Jim
California · Mar 22, 2012
GALLEGLY, ELTON
· Mar 21, 2012
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Aug 1, 2011
ROHRABACHER, DANA
· Aug 1, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2765: Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2765/
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"H.R. 2765: Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2765/.
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H.R. 2765, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2765/.
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