S 3456 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Navigable Waters Protection Act of 2022

Introduced Jan 10, 2022 Originated Senate Sponsor Shelley Moore Capito R-WV

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 18, 2022 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.

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. IntroducedJan 10, 2022
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Navigable Waters Protection Act of 2022

This bill enacts definitions that determine which bodies of water fall under the scope of the Clean Water Act and are thereby under federal jurisdiction. Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for the definitions related to the waters of the United States, commonly known as WOTUS, in specified regulations that were in effect on January 1, 2021.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 18, 2022Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.
  2. Jan 10, 2022Introduced in Senate
  3. Jan 10, 2022Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2567Navigable Waters Protection Act of 2021Related billJul 29, 2021

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 18, 2022Placed on Calendar Senate

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