Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act
Latest action · Jul 14, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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.
- IntroducedJul 14, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a permit under national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements for a discharge resulting from the conduct of any silvicultural activity, such as nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, or road use, construction, and maintenance, from which there is runoff.
Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts silvicultural activity from permit requirements for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 14, 2011 to Feb 9, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Jul 14, 2011 |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Original | Jul 14, 2011 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jul 14, 2011 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 18, 2011 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Jul 19, 2011 | |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Jul 20, 2011 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Jul 25, 2011 | |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| D-NC | Kay R. Hagan | Aug 2, 2011 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Aug 2, 2011 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Aug 2, 2011 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Sep 7, 2011 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Sep 8, 2011 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Sep 9, 2011 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Sep 13, 2011 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Sep 15, 2011 | |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Sep 16, 2011 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Sep 19, 2011 | |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Sep 21, 2011 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Sep 21, 2011 | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Sep 23, 2011 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Oct 3, 2011 | |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Oct 3, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Nov 30, 2011 | |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Jan 24, 2012 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Jan 24, 2012 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Feb 9, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jul 14, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Jul 14, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4610)
- Jul 14, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4610 | Mike Crapo R-ID, Ron Wyden D-OR | Jul 14, 2011 |
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 112-124 | VARIOUS NATIONAL PARKS BILLS90 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | May 11, 2011 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41594 | Water Quality Issues in the 112th Congress: Oversight and Implementation Archived | Report | Jan 3, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2541 | Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act | Identical bill | Sep 20, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2011Introduced in Senate
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.
