Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2581
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hurt, Robert [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-28
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Licensing and registrations

Navigation, waterways, harbors

Solid waste and recycling

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-06-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace a requirement that a permit be obtained for any discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters incidental to any activity having as its purpose bringing an area of such waters into a use to which it was not previously subject and where the flow or circulation of such waters may be impaired or the reach of such waters may be reduced with a requirement that a permit be obtained for any such discharge that is not currently exempted from permit requirements.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2581 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 28, 2013 Mr. Hurt (for himself, Mr. Costa , and Mr. Michaud ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permit requirements for dredged or fill material.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2013 . 2. Permits for dredged or fill material Section 404(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344(f) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the discharge and inserting The discharge ; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking having as its purpose bringing an area of the navigable waters into a use to which it was not previously subject, where the flow or circulation of navigable waters may be impaired or the reach of such waters be reduced, and inserting having as its purpose bringing an area into a use not described in paragraph (1) .