SJRES 10
115th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Coal
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hydrology and hydrography
Lakes and rivers
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Water quality
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Secretary of the Interior relating to stream protection.
Introduced: January 30, 2017
Introduced by:
McConnell, Mitch
Republican
· Kentucky
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 30, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 30, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This joint resolution nullifies the Stream Protection Rule finalized by the Department of the Interior on December 20, 2016. The rule addresses the impacts of surface coal mining operations on surface water, groundwater, and the productivity of mining operation sites.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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