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S 1050 116th 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: April 4, 2019 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Apr 4, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Apr 4, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill allows a state department of transportation that has assumed the environmental review responsibilities of the federal Department of Transportation under the surface transportation project delivery program to apply to the Environmental Protection Agency to administer, for highway projects, an individual and general permit program for discharging dredge and fill material into navigable waters.

What's happening now April 4, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Apr 4, 2019
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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Apr 4, 2019
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Apr 4, 2019
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Apr 4, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1050: 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.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1050/
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"S. 1050: 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.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1050/.
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S. 1050, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1050/.
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