Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-836
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-31]
Introduced: 2013-02-26
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Licensing and registrations

Navigation, waterways, harbors

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a rule within 60 days to prohibit any member of a board or body that approves permit applications for the discharge of pollutants from seeking to influence the approval of any permit in which that member has a financial interest.</p> <p>Provides that the requirement that state national pollutant discharge elimination system programs ensure that any board or body that approves permits excludes as a member any person who receives or has received during the previous two years a significant portion of income from permit holders or applicants shall have no force or effect after the earlier of the date on which such rule is issued or 120 days after this Act's enactment.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 836 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2013 Mr. Gary G. Miller of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the requirement that permit applications for the discharge of pollutants be approved by disinterested board members, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2013 . 2. Approval by disinterested board members (a) In general Section 402(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall issue a rule to prohibit any member of a board or body that approves permit applications or portions thereof from voting upon, or seeking to influence, the approval of any permit in which that member has a direct or indirect financial interest, as defined in applicable State law. . (b) No force or effect of existing regulation Section 123.25(c) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, shall have no further force or effect after the earliest of the date on which a rule is issued under section 402(a)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342(a)(6) ) or the end of the 120-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this section.