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Regulatory Certainty Act of 2014

Introduced: June 12, 2014 See on congress.gov
 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
 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.

What's happening now November 12, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453.

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