US SB1050 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on April 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 4 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Allows a state department of transportation that has assumed the environmental review responsibilities of the federal Department of Transportation under the surface transportation project delivery program to apply to the Environmental Protection Agency to administer, for highway projects, an individual and general permit program for discharging dredge and fill material into navigable waters.
Title
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to increase the ability of a State to administer a permit program under that Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsors
| Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] | Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK] | Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX] | Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK] |
| Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-04 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
Subjects
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental protection
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Water quality
Environmental protection
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Water quality
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1050/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1050/BILLS-116s1050is.pdf |
