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Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012

Introduced: April 27, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 2012
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.
Sep 20, 2012
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-683.
Aug 1, 2012
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 19.
Aug 1, 2012
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 29, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 28, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 28, 2012
Introduced in House
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Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace a requirement that a permit be obtained for any discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters incidental to any activity having as its purpose bringing an area of such waters into a use to which it was not previously subject and where the flow or circulation of such waters may be impaired or the reach of such waters may be reduced with a requirement that a permit be obtained for any such discharge that is not currently exempted from permit requirements.

What's happening now September 20, 2012

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.

 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 2 Republican 4
D
Costa, Jim
California · May 18, 2012
MILLER, GARY
· May 18, 2012
STEARNS, CLIFF
· May 17, 2012
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · May 10, 2012
Denham, Jeff
· May 8, 2012
PETERSON, COLLIN
· May 8, 2012
Marino, Tom
· May 7, 2012
Pearce, Stevan
· May 7, 2012
Alexander, Rodney
· Apr 27, 2012
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Apr 27, 2012
Long, Billy
· Apr 24, 2012
MCINTYRE, MIKE
· Apr 24, 2012
Roe, David
· Apr 24, 2012
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Apr 18, 2012
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Apr 18, 2012
JONES, WALTER
· Apr 18, 2012
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Apr 18, 2012
Altmire, Jason
· Mar 28, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4278: Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4278/
MLA
"H.R. 4278: Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4278/.
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H.R. 4278, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4278/.
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