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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4278 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 494
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4278

                          [Report No. 112-683]

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permit 
               requirements for dredged or fill material.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2012

 Mr. Hurt (for himself and Mr. Altmire) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

                           September 20, 2012

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bishop of 
Georgia, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Jones, Mr. Canseco, Mr. Long, Mr. Westmoreland, 
 Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Carter, 
 Mr. Alexander, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Marino, Mr. Denham, Mr. Peterson, Mr. 
  Luetkemeyer, Mr. Latham, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mr. Stearns, Mr. 
        Costa, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, and Mr. Michaud

                           September 20, 2012

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permit 
               requirements for dredged or fill material.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Rural Resources Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. PERMITS FOR DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL.

    Section 404(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1344(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Except as provided in 
        paragraph (2) of this subsection, the discharge'' and inserting 
        ``The discharge''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``having as its purpose 
        bringing an area of the navigable waters into a use to which it 
        was not previously subject, where the flow or circulation of 
        navigable waters may be impaired or the reach of such waters be 
        reduced,'' and inserting ``having as its purpose bringing an 
        area into a use not described in paragraph (1)''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 494

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4278

                          [Report No. 112-683]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permit 
               requirements for dredged or fill material.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 20, 2012

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed
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