To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

Bill: 113-hr-524
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-06
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Coal

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Licensing and registrations

Mining

Navigation, waterways, harbors

Solid waste and recycling

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 361.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-02-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to remove the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, of an area as a disposal site for discharges of dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States once the Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for the discharge.</p>

action_date: 2014-06-20
action_desc: Reported to House without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p> Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to remove the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, of an area as a disposal site for discharges of dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States once the Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for the discharge.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 524 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2013 Mr. McKinley (for himself, Mr. Rahall , Mr. Gibbs , Mrs. Capito , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Huelskamp , Mr. Griffith of Virginia , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Bucshon , and Mr. Kline ) 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 that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

1. Permits for dredged or fill material Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344(c) ) is amended by striking The Administrator is authorized and inserting Until such time as the Secretary has issued a permit under this section, the Administrator is authorized .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 361 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 524 [Report No. 113–485] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2013 Mr. McKinley (for himself, Mr. Rahall , Mr. Gibbs , Mrs. Capito , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Huelskamp , Mr. Griffith of Virginia , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Bucshon , and Mr. Kline ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure June 20, 2014 Additional sponsors: Mr. Young of Alaska , Mr. Scalise , and Mr. Crawford June 20, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

1. Permits for dredged or fill material Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344(c) ) is amended by striking The Administrator is authorized and inserting Until such time as the Secretary has issued a permit under this section, the Administrator is authorized .

June 20, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed