FRESHER Act of 2013
Latest action · Mar 15, 2013 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.
- IntroducedMar 14, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2013 or the FRESHER Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to repeal provisions prohibiting the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring or directing a state to require a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for discharges of stormwater runoff from mining, oil, and gas operations or transmission facilities composed entirely of flows from conveyances used for collecting and conveying precipitation runoff that are not contaminated by contact with any overburden, raw material, intermediate products, finished product, byproduct, or waste products located on the site of such operations.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study and report on stormwater impacts with respect to any area that may be contaminated by stormwater runoff associated with oil or gas operations, including an analysis of: (1) measurable contamination in such area, (2) ground water resources in such area, and (3) the susceptibility of aquifers in such area to contamination from stormwater runoff associated with such operations.
Cosponsors 70
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2013 to May 30, 2014; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Mar 14, 2013 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Mar 15, 2013 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Mar 18, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 21, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Mar 21, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Apr 12, 2013 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Apr 24, 2013 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 25, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Apr 26, 2013 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | May 23, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | May 23, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 5, 2013 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jun 12, 2013 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 8, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Aug 1, 2013 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Aug 2, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Sep 10, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Oct 28, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Nov 15, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Dec 16, 2013 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Mar 12, 2014 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Mar 13, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Mar 24, 2014 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | May 6, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | May 19, 2014 | |
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | May 19, 2014 | |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | May 30, 2014 |
Withdrew 1 Adrian Smith R-NE Apr 10, 2013
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 14, 2013 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Mar 15, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Mar 14, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 14, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2689 | Mark Pocan D-WI | Mar 26, 2014 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7281 | Rush Holt D-NJ | Nov 20, 2013 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5348.
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 and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- FRESHER Act of 2013
- Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2013Introduced in House
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