Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 12:00pm View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 12:00pm View Announcement »
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-4 on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 1085:
Agreed to by a record vote of 214-200, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 207-192, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.
MANAGERS: Reschenthaler/Scanlon
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# | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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1 | Version 1 | Rose (TN) | Republican | Requires a report from the Environmental Protection Agency to Congress on the number of additional homes expected to be built in the U.S. during the 10 year period following enactment of H.R. 7023 as a result of the implementation of H.R. 7023. | Made in Order |
2 | Version 1 | Scholten (MI) | Democrat | Requires the Secretary to prohibit implementation of this bill until it is shown that this bill will not result in discharges that may have adverse effects on the health of children or infants. | Submitted |
3 | Version 1 | Williams (GA), Porter (CA) | Democrat | Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require a certain percentage of funds it receives for capitalization of its clean water state revolving fund for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities. | Submitted |
4 | Version 1 | Ryan (NY) | Democrat | Requires the EPA Administrator to issue a determination before the bill can take effect that its provisions will not result in an increase in the discharge of pollutants, including an increase in the discharge of forever chemicals/PFAS and nutrients associated with algae growth and blooms. | Submitted |
5 | Version 1 | Lee (PA) | Democrat | Strikes the limitation of considerations of the effects of discharges and adds requirements for environmental mitigation | Submitted |
6 | Version 2 | Garamendi (CA), Graves (LA), Swalwell (CA) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Inserts Rep. Garamendi’s bipartisan H.R.1181 to allow USEPA and states with delegated authority under the Clean Water Act to issue National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for public works (e.g., wastewater treatment or water recycling/reuse plants owned/operated by local governments) for up to 10 years from the current maximum of 5-year permit terms. This amendment would not affect Clean Water Act permitting for non-publicly owned projects like industrial polluters, which have 5-year NPDES permit terms under current law. | Made in Order |
7 | Version 2 | Bergman (MI), James (MI), Moolenaar (MI), McClain (MI), Huizenga (MI) | Republican | Revised Clarifies that no part of the act affects the existing ban on oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes. | Made in Order |
8 | Version 1 | Pappas (NH) | Democrat | Requires any person who discharges a pollutant pursuant to a Clean Water Act permit to monitor and report discharges of emerging contaminants. Authorizes $20 million annually over five years for grants to publicly owned treatment works to carry out monitoring and reporting activities. | Submitted |
9 | Version 1 | Pappas (NH) | Democrat | Strikes Section 4 (Confidence in Clean Water Permits) and replaces it with language reaffirming that the 1994 EPA Policy Statement on Scope of Discharge Authorization and Shield Associated with NPDES Permits already provides publicly owned treatment works with legal protections under Clean Water Act Section 402(k) for the discharge of any pollutant, including those not specifically listed in the permit provided they are covered by the scope of operations and waste streams identified in the permit application. | Submitted |
10 | Version 1 | Graves (LA), Perry (PA) | Republican | Limits the authorization for certain linear infrastructure projects if federal expenses turn out to exceed their predicted cost. | Made in Order |
11 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Directs the Army Corps, Department of Education, and Environmental Protection Agency to create a public, national database on the results from the most recent state testing of lead in school drinking water. | Submitted |
12 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Prohibits funding for Congestion Pricing Programs Until Environmental Impact Studies are Conducted | Submitted |
13 | Version 1 | Houlahan (PA), Garbarino (NY), Valadao (CA), Lawler (NY) | Bi-Partisan | Late Requires a report from EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers on the staffing needs for processing and issuing permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the impact additional funding for full-time employees would have on processing timelines for permits. | Made in Order |
14 | Version 1 | Porter (CA) | Democrat | Late Provides that nothing in the underlying bill can go into effect until the Administrator of the EPA, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, determines that nothing in the Act will cause an increase in pollutant discharge in the Colorado River Basin which provides clean drinking water to Colorado River Basin states and tribal communities in the Western United States. | Submitted |
15 | Version 1 | Porter (CA) | Democrat | Late Provides that nothing in this bill will take effect until the Administrator of the EPA determines that this bill will not increase the discharge of pollutants in waters that are Federally held on behalf of a Tribe. | Submitted |
16 | Version 1 | Porter (CA) | Democrat | Late Requires the Administrator of the EPA and Secretary of the Army to submit a report to Congress on any disparate harms to tribal communities that may be made in this bill. This includes harm to human health, environmental quality, and local economies. | Submitted |
17 | Version 1 | Moolenaar (MI) | Republican | Late Prohibits permits from being issued for any discharge from a source that is owned or operated by companies - or the subsidiaries of said companies - that are under the jurisdiction of China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia. | Made in Order |
18 | Version 1 | James (MI) | Republican | Late Ensures nothing in this act, including amendments, should affect the EPA's ability to research PFAS chemicals. | Made in Order |
19 | Version 1 | Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) | Democrat | Late Requires the Secretary to prohibit implementation of this bill until it is shown that this bill will not result in discharges that may have adverse effects on shellfish aquaculture and coastal fisheries. | Submitted |
20 | Version 1 | Graves (LA) | Republican | Late Requires BOEM to hold additional offshore lease sales in the Western and Central regions of the Gulf of Mexico and the Cook Inlet Planning Area of Alaska. | Submitted |
21 | Version 2 | Jackson Lee (TX) | Democrat | Late Revised Requires the Administrator of the EPA and Secretary of the Army to submit a report to Congress on any disparate impacts on minority and disadvantaged communities, and communities previously or currently designated as having cancer clusters, including impacts to human health, environmental quality, and local economies. | Revised |
22 | Version 1 | Bean (FL), Franklin (FL), Dunn (FL), Mast (FL), Rutherford (FL), Donalds (FL), Webster (FL), Steube (FL), Cammack (FL) | Republican | Late Codifies Florida's Clean Water Act Section 404 Program and the Programmatic Biological Opinion with Incidental Take Statement, as referenced in 85 Federal Register 83,553 (December 22, 2020). | Made in Order |
23 | Version 1 | Issa (CA) | Republican | Late This amendment would provide PFAS CERCLA exemptions for passive receivers, such as water agencies, farmers and ranchers, waste management facilities, and entities required by regulation to have fire suppression systems, including airports. | Submitted |
Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order amendment #19 to H.R. 7023, offered by Representative Gluesenkamp Perez, which prohibits implementation of this bill until it is shown that it will not result in discharges that have adverse effects on shellfish aquacultures and coastal fisheries. Defeated: 3–8
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order amendments #2 and #4 to H.R. 7023, offered by Representatives Scholten and Ryan, respectively. Amendment #2 prohibits implementation of this bill until it is shown that it will not result in discharges that may have adverse effects on the health of children or infants; amendment #4 requires a determination before the bill can take effect that its provisions will not result in an increase in the discharge of pollutants. Defeated: 3–8
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernández to amend the rule to make in order amendment #14 to H.R. 7023, offered by Representative Porter, which provides that the bill cannot take effect until it’s determined that nothing in the Act will cause an increase in pollutants in the Colorado River Basin which provides clean drinking water to Colorado River Basin states and tribal communities in the Western United States. Defeated: 4–8
Motion by Mr. Reschenthaler to report the rule. Adopted: 8-4