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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4965 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 492
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4965

                          [Report No. 112-681]

To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters 
             of the United States, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2012

Mr. Mica (for himself, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Gibbs, 
and Mrs. Noem) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

                           September 20, 2012

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Shuster, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Flake, 
    Mr. Walden, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Schilling, Mr. 
   Southerland, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Jones, Mr. 
   Farenthold, Mr. Denham, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Barrow, Mr. 
Schrader, Mr. Carter, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Latta, Mr. Smith of 
    Nebraska, Mr. Latham, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. 
  Luetkemeyer, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
    Bishop of Utah, Mr. Cravaack, Mr. Hurt, Mr. Costa, Mr. Broun of 
   Georgia, Mr. Nugent, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Kingston, Mr. 
   Westmoreland, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Cole, Mr. Heck, Mr. Stearns, Mr. 
Womack, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. Price 
 of Georgia, Mr. Costello, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Austin Scott of 
Georgia, Mr. Boren, Mr. Terry, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Kissell, Mr. Matheson, 
Mrs. Capito, Mr. Berg, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. 
Altmire, Mr. Kline, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Schock, Mr. McClintock, 
    Mr. Gosar, Mr. Posey, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Marino, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
 Huelskamp, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. 
 Poe of Texas, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, 
 Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, 
Ms. Hochul, Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Donnelly of Indiana, Ms. 
             Buerkle, Mr. Franks of Arizona, and Mr. Owens

                           September 20, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters 
             of the United States, and for other purposes.

 

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. IDENTIFICATION OF WATERS PROTECTED BY THE CLEAN 
              WATER ACT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are prohibited 
from--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) finalizing, adopting, implementing, 
        administering, or enforcing the proposed guidance described in 
        the notice of availability and request for comments entitled 
        ``EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Guidance Regarding 
        Identification of Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act'' 
        (EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0409) (76 Fed. Reg. 24479 (May 2, 2011)); 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) using the guidance described in paragraph (1), 
        or any substantially similar guidance, as the basis for any 
        decision regarding the scope of the Federal Water Pollution 
        Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) or any 
        rulemaking.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Rules.--The use of the guidance described in 
subsection (a)(1), or any substantially similar guidance, as the basis 
for any rule shall be grounds for vacating the rule.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. IDENTIFICATION OF WATERS PROTECTED BY THE CLEAN WATER ACT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency are prohibited from--
            (1) finalizing, adopting, implementing, administering, or 
        enforcing the proposed guidance described in the notice of 
        availability and request for comments entitled ``EPA and Army 
        Corps of Engineers Guidance Regarding Identification of Waters 
        Protected by the Clean Water Act'' (EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0409) (76 
        Fed. Reg. 24479 (May 2, 2011)); and
            (2) using the guidance described in paragraph (1), any 
        successor document, or any substantially similar guidance made 
        publicly available on or after December 3, 2008, as the basis 
        for any decision regarding the scope of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) or any 
        rulemaking.
    (b) Rules.--The use of the guidance described in subsection (a)(1), 
or any successor document or substantially similar guidance made 
publicly available on or after December 3, 2008, as the basis for any 
rule shall be grounds for vacating the rule.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 492

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4965

                          [Report No. 112-681]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters 
             of the United States, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 20, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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