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HR 2599 114th Congress House Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory procedures Appropriations Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental regulatory procedures Executive agency funding and structure Lakes and rivers Water quality Wetlands

Don't Ignore the Will of the American People Act

Introduced: June 1, 2015 Introduced by: Rouzer, David Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Jul 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jun 5, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Jun 2, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jun 1, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 1, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Don't Ignore the Will of the American People Act

This bill prohibits the obligation of funds made available under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Office of the Administrator until the EPA rescinds the rule entitled, "Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States," about the scope of the Clean Water Act.

What's happening now August 18, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2599: Don't Ignore the Will of the American People Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2599/
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"H.R. 2599: Don't Ignore the Will of the American People Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2599/.
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