S 4402
116th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Army Corps of Engineers
Endangered and threatened species
Licensing and registrations
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify certain activities that would have been authorized under Nationwide Permit 12 and other Nationwide Permits, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 3, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Aug 3, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill provides statutory authority under the Clean Water Act for activities authorized in the reissued final rule titled Issuance and Reissuance of Nationwide Permits and specifies requirements and criteria for subsequent reissuances of such permits. Nationwide permits are issued for periods of up to five years by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to authorize activities that have minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
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