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Union Calendar No. 66 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1732 
[Report No. 114–93] 
To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of 
the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2015 
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mrs. MILLER of Michi-
gan, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. UPTON, Mr. YOUNG of 
Alaska, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. 
DENHAM, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS 
of Illinois, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. KATKO, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
HARDY, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. GOSAR, 
Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. LABRADOR, and Mrs. WALORSKI) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
APRIL 27, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, 
Mr. ASHFORD, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. TIPTON, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, 
Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. BLUM, Mr. HUELSKAMP, 
Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. KLINE, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. 
CRAMER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. 
SIMPSON, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. RUS-
SELL, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. 
SANFORD, Mr. ROONEY
of Florida, Mr. ROSS, Mrs. ROBY, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mr. RICE of 
South Carolina, Mr. MICA, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HANNA, Mr. ROGERS of 
Kentucky, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. CARTER 
of Texas, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mrs. WAGNER, and Mr. GIBSON 
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APRIL 27, 2015 
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] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 13, 2015] 
A BILL 
To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect 
to waters of the United States, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Regulatory Integrity 
Protection Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF EXISTING PROPOSED RULE. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency shall withdraw the 
proposed rule described in the notice of proposed rule pub-
lished in the Federal Register entitled ‘‘Definition of 
‘Waters of the United States’ Under the Clean Water Act’’ 
(79 Fed. Reg. 22188 (April 21, 2014)) and any final rule 
based on such proposed rule (including RIN 2040–AF30). 
SEC. 3. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROPOSED RULE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall develop a new proposed rule to define the term ‘‘waters 
of the United States’’ as used in the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROPOSED RULE.—In de-
veloping the new proposed rule under subsection (a), the 
Secretary and the Administrator shall— 
(1) take into consideration the public comments 
received on— 
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(A) the proposed rule referred to in section 
2; 
(B) the accompanying economic analysis of 
the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Economic Analysis of 
Proposed Revised Definition of Waters of the 
United States’’ (dated March 2014); and 
(C) the report entitled ‘‘Connectivity of 
Streams & Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A 
Review & Synthesis of Scientific Evidence’’ 
(EPA/600/R–14/475F; dated January 2015); 
(2) jointly consult with and solicit advice and 
recommendations from representative State and local 
officials, stakeholders, and other interested parties on 
how to define the term ‘‘waters of the United States’’ 
as used in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; 
and 
(3) prepare a regulatory proposal that will, con-
sistent with applicable rulings of the United States 
Supreme Court, specifically identify those waters cov-
ered under, and those waters not covered under, the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act— 
(A) taking into consideration— 
(i) the public comments referred to in 
paragraph (1); and 
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