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Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2013

Introduced: March 15, 2013 See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 26, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 26, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a rule within 60 days to prohibit any member of a board or body that approves permit applications for the discharge of pollutants from seeking to influence the approval of any permit in which that member has a financial interest.

Provides that the requirement that state national pollutant discharge elimination system programs ensure that any board or body that approves permits excludes as a member any person who receives or has received during the previous two years a significant portion of income from permit holders or applicants shall have no force or effect after the earlier of the date on which such rule is issued or 120 days after this Act's enactment.

What's happening now February 27, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2
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Vargas, Juan
California · Mar 25, 2013
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Mar 19, 2013
COBLE, HOWARD
· Mar 15, 2013
ROHRABACHER, DANA
· Mar 7, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 836: Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-836/
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"H.R. 836: Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-836/.
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H.R. 836, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-836/.
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