Stop the Delta Tunnel Act

Bill: 118-hr-924
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-09
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stop the Delta Tunnel Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) from issuing a federal permit that would be necessary to build the proposed Delta Conveyance Project in California. Specifically, the USACE may not issue a Section 404 permit (i.e., a permit that allows for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters) for the project.</p> <p>The USACE published a draft environmental impact statement in December 2022 about the project, which involves constructing new California State Water Project diversion and conveyance facilities in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Delta Conveyance Project includes an underground tunnel to deliver water south of the delta.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 924 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2023 Mr. Harder of California (for himself, Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Thompson of California , 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop the Delta Tunnel 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 described in the document published by the Corps of Engineers entitled Delta Conveyance Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement and dated December 2022.