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HR 4854 113th Congress House

Regulatory Certainty Act of 2014

Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify when the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to prohibit the spe… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify when the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to prohibit the specification of a defined area, or deny or restrict the use of a defined area for specification, as a disposal site under section 404 of such Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 12, 2014 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of DefenseEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory procedures
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 12, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453.
Nov 12, 2014
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-609.
Jul 16, 2014
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 22.
Jul 16, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 16, 2014
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
Jun 13, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jun 12, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jun 12, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 12, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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

Regulatory Certainty Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to limit the period during which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, of an area as a disposal site for discharges of dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States to the period that:

  • begins on the date that the Army Corps of Engineers provides notice to the EPA that the Corps has completed all procedures for processing an application for a permit for dredged or fill material and is ready to determine whether the permit should be issued; and
  • ends on the date that the Corps issues the permit.

Requires the Corps to ensure that the period consists of at least 30 consecutive days.

Authorizes the Corps to issue a permit for dredged or fill material only after the Corps provides notice to the EPA.

 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Republican 7
Tipton, Scott
· Sep 10, 2014
Barletta, Lou
· Jul 16, 2014
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Jul 11, 2014
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Jul 11, 2014
Rokita, Todd
· Jul 11, 2014
Bucshon, Larry
· Jun 12, 2014
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jun 12, 2014
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jun 12, 2014
JONES, WALTER
· Jun 12, 2014
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jun 12, 2014
Marino, Tom
· Jun 12, 2014
 R
Massie, Thomas
Kentucky · Jun 12, 2014
 R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Jun 12, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4854: Regulatory Certainty Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4854/
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"H.R. 4854: Regulatory Certainty Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4854/.
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H.R. 4854, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4854/.
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