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S 3277 117th Congress Senate Environmental Protection

Section 401 Certification Act

Introduced: November 30, 2021 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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Section 401 Certification Act

The bill provides statutory authority for the rule published on July 13, 2020, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entitled Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule. Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, an applicant for a federal license or permit to conduct an activity that may result in any discharge into navigable waters must also obtain a certification—or waiver of such certification—from a relevant state, intrastate agency, or Indian tribe that the proposed activity will not violate certain water quality requirements of the state or Indian tribe. The rule revised existing regulations, including by limiting the scope of the certification review process as well as the time frame for a state, interstate agency, or Indian tribe to issue a certification.

What's happening now November 30, 2021

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

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 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 7
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Nov 30, 2021
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Nov 30, 2021
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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Nov 30, 2021
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Nov 30, 2021
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Nov 30, 2021
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Nov 30, 2021
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Nov 30, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3277: Section 401 Certification Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3277/
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"S. 3277: Section 401 Certification Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3277/.
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S. 3277, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3277/.
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