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FRESHER Act of 2021

Introduced: March 23, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 24, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 23, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 23, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2021 or the FRESHER Act of 2021

This bill addresses stormwater runoff from mining, oil, or gas operations. Specifically, it eliminates a prohibition on the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring a permit under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for discharges of certain collected, uncontaminated stormwater runoff from mining operations or oil and gas operations.

In addition, the Department of the Interior must study stormwater runoff associated with oil or gas operations, including an analysis of (1) measurable contamination, (2) groundwater resources, and (3) the susceptibility of aquifers to contamination from stormwater runoff associated with the operations.

What's happening now March 24, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 34
All 34 Democratic 30
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · May 12, 2021
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 12, 2021
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · May 12, 2021
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Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Mar 23, 2021
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 23, 2021
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Mar 23, 2021
Eshoo, Anna
· Mar 23, 2021
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 23, 2021
Jones, Mondaire
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Mar 23, 2021
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Mar 23, 2021
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 23, 2021
Sires, Albio
· Mar 23, 2021
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Mar 23, 2021
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 23, 2021
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 23, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2133: FRESHER Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2133/
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"H.R. 2133: FRESHER Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2133/.
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H.R. 2133, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2133/.
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