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S 2586 115th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Licensing and registrations Solid waste and recycling State and local government operations Water quality

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the ability of a State to administer a permit program under that Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 21, 2018 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Mar 21, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1876)
Mar 21, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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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 allow a state that has assumed the environmental review responsibilities of the Department of Transportation under the surface transportation project delivery program to apply to the Environmental Protection Agency to administer an individual and general permit program for discharging dredge and fill material into navigable waters.

What's happening now March 21, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1876)

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Apr 16, 2018
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Apr 11, 2018
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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Mar 21, 2018
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Mar 21, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2586: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the ability of a State to administer a permit program under that Act, and for other purposes.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2586/
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"S. 2586: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the ability of a State to administer a permit program under that Act, and for other purposes.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2586/.
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S. 2586, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2586/.
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[S. 2586: A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the ability of a State to administer a permit program under that Act, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2586/)
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