A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that clean water is a national priority and that the April 21, 2020, Navigable Waters Protection Rule should not be withdrawn or vacated.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-sres-17
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-01-27
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: 2021-01-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S178)

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate 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 should not be withdrawn or vacated.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: III 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 17 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 27, 2021 Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mrs. Capito , Mr. Hoeven , Mr. Daines , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Risch , Mr. Moran , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , Mr. Grassley , Mr. Rounds , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Sullivan , Mr. Wicker , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Hawley , Mr. Paul , Mr. Tillis , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Johnson , Ms. Lummis , Mr. Braun , Mr. Sasse , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Cotton , and Mrs. Fischer ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate that clean water is a national priority and that the April 21, 2020, Navigable Waters Protection Rule should not be withdrawn or vacated.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 Senate 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 Reg. 22250 (April 21, 2020)) should not be withdrawn or vacated.