SJRES 7
118th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquatic ecology
Army Corps of Engineers
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Lakes and rivers
Marine pollution
Water quality
Wetlands
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".
Introduced: February 2, 2023
Introduced by:
Capito, Shelley Moore
Republican
· West Virginia
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Became law
Feb 13, 2023
Star Print ordered on the joint resolution.
Feb 2, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb 2, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Revised Definition of "Waters of the United States," which was submitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency on January 18, 2023. The rule specifies which bodies of water fall under the scope of the Clean Water Act and are thereby under federal jurisdiction. The 2023 rule replaced a 2020 rule that included a narrower definition of waters of the United States.
What's happening now
Star Print ordered on the joint resolution.
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