HR 2719 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Clean Water Protection Act

Introduced May 26, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 27, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMay 26, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Clean Water Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to define "fill material" to mean any pollutant that replaces portions of waters of the United States with dry land or that changes the bottom elevation of a water body for any purpose and to exclude any pollutant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of waste.

Cosponsors 76

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 26, 2005 to Dec 7, 2006, with 54 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	May 26, 2005
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	May 26, 2005
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	May 26, 2005
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	May 26, 2005
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	May 26, 2005
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	May 26, 2005
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	May 26, 2005
D-NC	Brad Miller	Original	May 26, 2005
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	May 26, 2005
R-CT	Christopher Shays	Original	May 26, 2005
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	May 26, 2005
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	May 26, 2005
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	May 26, 2005
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	May 26, 2005
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	May 26, 2005

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 27, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
May 26, 2005Introduced in House
May 26, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

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May 26, 2005Introduced in House

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