Bill109th CongressFiled Apr 27, 2005Environmental Protection
S. 912
Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Apr 27, 2005)
Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to replace the term "navigable waters," throughout the Act, with the term "waters of the United States," defined to mean all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting them, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.
What just happenedFeb 28, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1531-1532)
Who’s behind it
Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI](D-WI)Sponsor
17 cosponsors16 D1 I
17cosponsors1committees4actions1related bills16subjects
- Introduced in SenateApr 27, 2005
- Feb 28, 2006IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1531-1532)
- Apr 27, 2005IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4400-4401)
Environment and Public Works Committee - Apr 27, 2005IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4399-4400)
- Apr 27, 2005IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate