US Congress Senate Bill 2245 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 40-0)
Status: Introduced on March 28 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-28 - 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]

Preserve the Waters of the United States Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: (1) finalizing the proposed guidance described in the notice of availability and request for comments entitled "EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Guidance Regarding Identification of Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act"; or (2) using such guidance, or any substantially similar guidance, as the basis for any decision regarding the scope of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) or any rulemaking. Provides that the use of such guidance as the basis for any rule shall be grounds for vacation of such rule.

Preserve the Waters of the United States Act

Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]	Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]
Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Bob Corker [R-TN]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. Jim DeMint [R-SC]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]
Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Johanns [R-NE]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]
Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]
Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]
Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-28	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

HB4965 (Related) 2012-09-20 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2245/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s2245/BILLS-112s2245is.pdf