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To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued…

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To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

Introduced: February 6, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 20, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 361.
Jun 20, 2014
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-485.
Apr 9, 2014
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 19.
Apr 9, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 9, 2014
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
Feb 7, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 6, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
Feb 6, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to remove the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to 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 once the Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for the discharge.

What's happening now June 20, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 361.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 830 Related bill EPA Fair Play Act
  • S 2156 Related bill Regulatory Fairness Act of 2014
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 5
R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Apr 10, 2014
 R
Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Apr 7, 2014
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Feb 6, 2013
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Feb 6, 2013
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Feb 6, 2013
Kline, John
· Feb 6, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 524: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-524/
MLA
"H.R. 524: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-524/.
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H.R. 524, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-524/.
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[H.R. 524: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-524/)
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