HRES 152 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that clean water is a national priority, and that the June 29, 2015, Waters of the United States Rule should be withdrawn or vacated.

Introduced Feb 27, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Bob Gibbs R-OH

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Latest action · Feb 28, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedFeb 27, 2017
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Calls for the nullification of the final rule titled "Clean Water Rule: Definition of 'Waters of the United States,'" about the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the rule on June 29, 2015.

Cosponsors 46

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2017 to Mar 17, 2017; 36 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MOAnn WagnerOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-ARBruce WestermanOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-IADavid YoungOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-CADuncan HunterOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-WIGlenn GrothmanOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-PAGlenn ThompsonOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-MSGregg HarperOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-OHJames B. RenacciOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-MNJason LewisOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-TXJeb HensarlingOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-CAJeff DenhamOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-GAJody B. HiceOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-TXJohn Abney CulbersonOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-NDKevin CramerOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-SDKristi L. NoemOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-PALloyd SmuckerOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-INLuke MesserOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-KSLynn JenkinsOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-FLMatt GaetzOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-ALMike RogersOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-CAMimi WaltersOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalFeb 27, 2017
I-MIPaul MitchellOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-OHRobert E. LattaOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-KSRoger MarshallOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-MOSam GravesOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-TNScott DesJarlaisOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-IASteve KingOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-FLTed S. YohoOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-FLThomas J. RooneyOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-PATom MarinoOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-CATom McClintockOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-AZTrent FranksOriginalFeb 27, 2017
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalFeb 27, 2017
D-MNCollin C. PetersonFeb 28, 2017
R-NCDavid RouzerFeb 28, 2017
R-CODoug LambornFeb 28, 2017
R-NYJohn KatkoFeb 28, 2017
R-NCRichard HudsonFeb 28, 2017
R-INTodd RokitaFeb 28, 2017
R-MNTom EmmerFeb 28, 2017
R-INJim BanksMar 2, 2017
R-INSusan W. BrooksMar 17, 2017
R-OHWarren DavidsonMar 17, 2017

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Feb 27, 2017
Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Referred Feb 28, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 28, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  2. Feb 27, 2017Introduced in House
  3. Feb 27, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 3

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

Cite it 3

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

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
SRES 12A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that clean water is a national priority, and that the June 29, 2015, Waters of the United States Rule should be withdrawn or vacated.Identical billJan 12, 2017

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that clean water is a national priority, and that the June 29, 2015, Waters of the United States Rule should be withdrawn or vacated.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 27, 2017Introduced in House

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