Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act

Bill: 114-hr-6169
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2016-09-26
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2016-10-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a defendant to remove from a state court to the U.S. district court a civil action involving a claim of environmental contamination that impacts or threatens to impact waters of the United States subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6169 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2016 Mr. Boustany introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit removal to United States district courts of certain civil actions filed in State courts.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending Legacy Lawsuit Abuse Act . 2. Removal of civil actions filed in State courts The Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by inserting after section 505 ( 33 U.S.C. 1365 ) the following: 505A. Removal of civil actions filed in State courts Any civil action filed in a State court that involves a claim of environmental contamination that impacts or threatens to impact any waters of the United States subject to the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers may be removed by the defendant to the United States district court for the district in which the civil action is pending. .