Don't Ignore the Will of the American People Act

Bill: 114-hr-2599
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2015-06-01
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Appropriations

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Executive agency funding and structure

Lakes and rivers

Water quality

Wetlands
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Don't Ignore the Will of the American People Act </b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the obligation of funds made available under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Office of the Administrator until the EPA rescinds the rule entitled, &quot;Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States,&quot; about the scope of the Clean Water Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2599 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 1, 2015 Mr. Rouzer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture , Transportation and Infrastructure , and Science, Space, and Technology , 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 prohibit the obligation of certain funds until the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency withdraws the rule relating to the definition of waters of the United States .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Don’t Ignore the Will of the American People Act . 2. Limitation on obligation of funds None of the unobligated funds available for the Office of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under division F of Public Law 113–235 may be obligated after the date of enactment of this section until the Administrator rescinds the rule entitled Clean Water Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States and signed by the Administrator and the Assistant Secretary of the Army on May 26, 2015.