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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: March 2, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Mar 3, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 2, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 2, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for the discharge.

The bill applies to discharge permits issued: (1) after this bill's enactment, and (2) on or before enactment if the EPA failed to submit to the Army Corps a written objection to the permit prior to the Army Corps' issuance of the permit.

What's happening now March 3, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 2
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Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Apr 30, 2015
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Apr 30, 2015
Jenkins, Evan
· Mar 2, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1203: 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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1203/
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"H.R. 1203: 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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1203/.
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H.R. 1203, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1203/.
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[H.R. 1203: 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/114-HR-1203/)
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