S 4402 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify certain activities that would have been authorized under Nationwide Permit 12 and other Nationwide Permits, and for other purposes.

Introduced Aug 3, 2020 Originated Senate Sponsor John Cornyn R-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 3, 2020 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.

  1. IntroducedAug 3, 2020
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill provides statutory authority under the Clean Water Act for activities authorized in the reissued final rule titled Issuance and Reissuance of Nationwide Permits and specifies requirements and criteria for subsequent reissuances of such permits. Nationwide permits are issued for periods of up to five years by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to authorize activities that have minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 3, 2020 to Sep 14, 2020, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-OKJames LankfordOriginalAug 3, 2020
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalAug 3, 2020
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalAug 3, 2020
R-NDJohn HoevenOriginalAug 3, 2020
R-NDKevin CramerOriginalAug 3, 2020
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOriginalAug 3, 2020
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalAug 3, 2020
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalAug 3, 2020
R-TXTed CruzOriginalAug 3, 2020
R-NCThom TillisOriginalAug 3, 2020
R-LAJohn KennedyAug 6, 2020
R-LABill CassidySep 8, 2020
R-AKDan SullivanSep 14, 2020
R-NCRichard BurrSep 14, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 3, 2020Introduced in Senate
  2. Aug 3, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Aug 3, 2020Introduced in Senate

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