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Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012

Introduced: March 28, 2012 See on congress.gov

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

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.

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