I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1310 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that fill material 
cannot be comprised of waste. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2009 
Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. 
MCNERNEY, Mr. STARK, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. HONDA, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN 
of California, Mr. FARR, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. WATSON, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California, Mr. FILNER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. LEE 
of California, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 
MURPHY of Connecticut, Ms. NORTON, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, 
Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. 
HIRONO, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. NEAL of 
Massachusetts, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
TIERNEY, 
Mr. 
MARKEY
of 
Massachusetts, 
Mr. 
CAPUANO, 
Mr. 
DELAHUNT, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michi-
gan, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 
CARNAHAN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. SHULER, 
Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. HODES, Mr. AN-
DREWS, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 
SIRES, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. NAD-
LER of New York, Mr. WEINER, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. KUCINICH, 
Ms. SUTTON, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. WU, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
SCHWARTZ, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. MORAN of 
Virginia, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. INSLEE, 
Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. KIRK, 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WOLF, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. 
HALL of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. COOPER, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. OLVER, 
and Mr. HIMES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
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A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify 
that fill material cannot be comprised of waste. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Water Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF FILL MATERIAL. 
Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(26) FILL MATERIAL.—The term ‘fill material’ 
means any pollutant which replaces portions of the 
waters of the United States with dry land or which 
changes the bottom elevation of a water body for 
any purpose. The term does not include any pollut-
ant discharged into the water primarily to dispose of 
waste.’’. 
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