To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the length of time for a certain permit.

Bill: 114-hr-1623
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2015-03-25
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations

Licensing and registrations

State and local government operations

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize states to issue permits to discharge pollutants into navigable waters for up to 20 years. Currently, permits are allowed to be issued for up to 5 years.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1623 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 25, 2015 Mr. Graves of Missouri (for himself, Mr. Smith of Missouri , Mrs. Hartzler , Mr. Long , Mrs. Wagner , and Mr. Luetkemeyer ) 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 increase the length of time for a certain permit.

1. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Section 402(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342(b)(1)(B) ) is amended by striking five years and inserting 20 years .