HR 1837 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Clean Water Protection Act

Introduced May 6, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ

Latest action · May 7, 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.

IntroducedMay 6, 2013
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 (commonly known as the Clean Water 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 94

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 6, 2013 to Nov 12, 2014; 45 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	May 6, 2013
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	May 6, 2013
D-FL	Alan Grayson	Original	May 6, 2013
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	May 6, 2013
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	May 6, 2013
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	May 6, 2013
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	May 6, 2013
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	May 6, 2013
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	May 6, 2013
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	May 6, 2013
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	May 6, 2013
R-WA	David G. Reichert	Original	May 6, 2013
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards	Original	May 6, 2013
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	May 6, 2013
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	May 6, 2013
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	May 6, 2013
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	May 6, 2013
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	May 6, 2013
D-CT	James A. Himes	Original	May 6, 2013
D-VA	James P. Moran	Original	May 6, 2013
D-CO	Jared Polis	Original	May 6, 2013
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	May 6, 2013
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	May 6, 2013
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	May 6, 2013
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	May 6, 2013
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	May 6, 2013
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	May 6, 2013
D-MA	John F. Tierney	Original	May 6, 2013
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	May 6, 2013
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	May 6, 2013
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	May 6, 2013
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	May 6, 2013
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	May 6, 2013
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	May 6, 2013
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	May 6, 2013
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	May 6, 2013
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick	Original	May 6, 2013
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	May 6, 2013
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	May 6, 2013
D-MA	Niki Tsongas	Original	May 6, 2013
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	May 6, 2013
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	May 6, 2013
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	May 6, 2013
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	May 6, 2013
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	May 6, 2013
D-NJ	Albio Sires		May 9, 2013
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 9, 2013
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		May 9, 2013
D-MA	James P. McGovern		May 9, 2013
D-CA	Jared Huffman		May 9, 2013
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		May 9, 2013
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		May 9, 2013
D-IL	Bill Foster		May 23, 2013
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		May 23, 2013
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		May 23, 2013
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		May 23, 2013
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jun 5, 2013
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jun 5, 2013
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jun 5, 2013
D-CA	Lois Capps		Jun 5, 2013
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jun 5, 2013
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jun 5, 2013
D-NY	William L. Owens		Jun 5, 2013
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jun 5, 2013
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jun 5, 2013
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Jun 14, 2013
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Jun 14, 2013
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jun 14, 2013
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jun 14, 2013
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jun 14, 2013
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Jun 14, 2013
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jul 22, 2013
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Jul 22, 2013
D-DE	John C. Carney, Jr.		Jul 22, 2013
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jul 22, 2013
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.		Aug 2, 2013
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		Aug 2, 2013
D-IN	André Carson		Oct 23, 2013
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Nov 13, 2013
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Dec 11, 2013
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Dec 11, 2013
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Feb 27, 2014
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Apr 30, 2014
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Apr 30, 2014
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		May 30, 2014
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jun 9, 2014
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Jun 9, 2014
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jun 9, 2014
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jun 9, 2014
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jun 9, 2014
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jun 17, 2014
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jun 18, 2014
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jun 18, 2014
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Nov 12, 2014

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 May 6, 2013
	Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee	Referred May 7, 2013

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 7, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
May 6, 2013Introduced in House
May 6, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Goverment of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2437.

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
Serial No. 113-63	CALIFORNIA WATER CRISIS AND ITS IMPACTS: THE NEED FOR IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS87 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Mar 19, 2014

CRS reports 3

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 3

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL31411	Controversies over Redefining “Fill Material” Under the Clean Water Act Archived	Report	Dec 13, 2016
RS21421	Mountaintop Removal Mining: Background on Recent Controversies Archived	Report	Dec 13, 2016
R42883	Water Quality Issues in the 113th Congress: An Overview Archived	Report	Jan 8, 2015

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste.
Short Titles as Introduced: Clean Water Protection Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 6, 2013Introduced in House

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