Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012
Latest action · Sep 20, 2012 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.
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.
- IntroducedMar 28, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace a requirement that a permit be obtained for any discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters incidental to any activity having as its purpose bringing an area of such waters into a use to which it was not previously subject and where the flow or circulation of such waters may be impaired or the reach of such waters may be reduced with a requirement that a permit be obtained for any such discharge that is not currently exempted from permit requirements.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2012 to Jun 8, 2012; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Jason Altmire | Original | Mar 28, 2012 |
| R-TX | Francisco "Quico" Canseco | Apr 18, 2012 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Apr 18, 2012 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Apr 18, 2012 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Apr 18, 2012 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Apr 18, 2012 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Apr 24, 2012 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Apr 24, 2012 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Apr 24, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Apr 24, 2012 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Apr 24, 2012 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Apr 27, 2012 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | Apr 27, 2012 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | May 7, 2012 | |
| R-PA | Tom Marino | May 7, 2012 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | May 8, 2012 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | May 8, 2012 | |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | May 8, 2012 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | May 8, 2012 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | May 10, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Cliff Stearns | May 17, 2012 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | May 18, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | May 18, 2012 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Jun 8, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 28, 2012Markup Aug 1, 2012Reported Sep 20, 2012 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 29, 2012 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2012Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-683.
- Sep 20, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.
- Aug 1, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Aug 1, 2012Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 19.
- Mar 29, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 22, 2012H.R. 4278, Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 26, 2012
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1740.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permit requirements for dredged or fill material.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2012Reported in House
- Mar 28, 2012Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
