Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that clean water is a national priority and that the April 21, 2020, Navigable Waters Protection Rule should not be withdrawn or vacated.

Bill: 117-hres-318
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2021-04-14
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Army Corps of Engineers

Department of Defense

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

Water quality
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) clean water is a national priority, and (2) the 2020 final rule titled <i>The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: Definition of &quot;Waters of the United States&quot;</i> should not be withdrawn or vacated.</p>

tv_txt: IV 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 318 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 14, 2021 Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself, Mr. Allen , Mr. Stauber , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Mr. Calvert , Mr. LaMalfa , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Baird , Mr. Smith of Nebraska , Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. McKinley , Mrs. Boebert , Mrs. Wagner , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Gibbs , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , Ms. Herrell , Mr. Budd , Mr. Scalise , Ms. Cheney , Mr. Mann , Mr. Emmer , Mrs. Hinson , Mrs. Fischbach , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Young , Mr. Burgess , Mr. Feenstra , Mr. Rosendale , Mr. Perry , Mr. Reschenthaler , Mr. Keller , Mrs. Rodgers of Washington , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Posey , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. Steube , Mr. Buck , Mr. Bentz , Mr. Graves of Louisiana , Mr. Babin , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. Simpson , Mr. McCarthy , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mr. Hagedorn , Mr. Kelly of Mississippi , Mr. Mullin , Mr. LaHood , Mr. Harris , Mr. Balderson , Mr. Cole , Mr. Stewart , Mr. Comer , Mr. Arrington , Mr. Banks , Mrs. Hartzler , Mr. Moore of Utah , Mr. Bost , Mr. Hill , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Fulcher , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , Mr. Smith of Missouri , Mr. Estes , Mr. Tiffany , Mr. Guthrie , Mr. Webster of Florida , Mr. Norman , Mr. Luetkemeyer , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Carl , Mr. Westerman , Mrs. Lesko , Mr. Cloud , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Owens , Mr. Walberg , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Ms. Herrera Beutler , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Womack , Mr. Amodei , Mr. Lucas , Mr. Stivers , Mr. Grothman , Mr. Armstrong , Mr. Kustoff , Ms. Malliotakis , Mr. Graves of Missouri , Mr. Mooney , Mr. Johnson of Louisiana , Mr. Fleischmann , Mr. Moolenaar , Mrs. Harshbarger , and Mr. Curtis ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that clean water is a national priority and that the April 21, 2020, Navigable Waters Protection Rule should not be withdrawn or vacated.

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that— (1) clean water is a national priority; and (2) the final rule of the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency entitled The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: Definition of Waters of the United States (85 Fed. Reg. 22250 (April 21, 2020)) should not be withdrawn or vacated.