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Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013

Introduced: November 15, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Aug 1, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Aug 1, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prevent guidelines applicable to permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters at disposal sites from prohibiting specification of a site due to the lack of a final site plan resulting from the lack of an identified end user or industry or industrial classification when determining whether there is a practicable alternative to a proposed discharge that would result in less adverse impact on the aquatic ecosystem.

What's happening now August 2, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1470 Related bill Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 2
Forbes, J.
· Jul 14, 2014
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Nov 15, 2013
WOLF, FRANK
· Nov 15, 2013
Maffei, Daniel
· Aug 2, 2013
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Aug 1, 2013
Owens, William
· Aug 1, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2937: Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2937/
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"H.R. 2937: Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-2937/.
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