Stop Delta Tunnels Act

Bill: 117-hr-8849
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2022-09-15
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stop Delta Tunnels Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from issuing a permit to discharge dredged or fill material into navigable waters for the proposed Delta Conveyance Project in California.</p> <p>The California Department of Water Resources proposed this project, which involves constructing new State Water Project diversion and conveyance facilities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The proposal includes an underground tunnel to deliver water south of the delta.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8849 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 15, 2022 Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Garamendi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit the Corps of Engineers from issuing a permit for the Delta Conveyance Project, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Delta Tunnels Act . 2. Prohibition on Delta Conveyance Project permit The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may not issue a permit under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344 ) relating to the Delta Conveyance Project referred to in the document published by the California Department of Water Resources on January 15, 2020, entitled Notice of Preparation of Environmental Impact Report for the Delta Conveyance Project .