Navigable Waters Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3456
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2022-01-10
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2022-01-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 236.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Navigable Waters Protection Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill enacts definitions that determine which bodies of water fall under the scope of the Clean Water Act and are thereby under federal jurisdiction. Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for the definitions related to the waters of the United States, commonly known as WOTUS, in specified regulations that were in effect on January 1, 2021.</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 236 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3456 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 10, 2022 Mrs. Capito introduced the following bill; which was read the first time January 18, 2022 Read the second time and placed on the calendar A BILL To enact the definition of waters of the United States into law, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Navigable Waters Protection Act of 2022 . 2. Waters of the United States The definitions of the term waters of the United States and the other terms defined in section 328.3 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2021), are enacted into law.

January 18, 2022 Read the second time and placed on the calendar