HR 2917
115th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Defense
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Regulatory Certainty Act of 2017
Introduced: June 15, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jun 15, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jun 15, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Regulatory Certainty Act of 2017
This bill 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides notice to the EPA that the Corps of Engineers 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 of Engineers issues the permit.
The Corps of Engineers must ensure that the period consists of at least 30 consecutive days.
The Corps of Engineers may issue a permit for dredged or fill material only after the Corps of Engineers provides notice to the EPA.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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