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Bill113th CongressFiled May 16, 2013Environmental Protection
H.R. 2026

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013

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What it doesSummary reported to house without amendment (Nov 12, 2014)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring, or from promulgating regulations that direct a state to require, a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silviculture activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance.

Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts a silvicultural activity resulting in the discharge of dredged of fill material from permit requirements for discharges into navigable waters.

What just happenedNov 12, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3](R-WA)Sponsor
69 cosponsors15 D54 R
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  • Reported in HouseNov 12, 2014
  • Introduced in HouseMay 16, 2013
  1. Nov 12, 2014CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452.

  2. Nov 12, 2014CommitteeH12200

    Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-607.

  3. Nov 12, 2014Committee5000

    Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-607.

  4. Oct 29, 2013Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

  5. Oct 29, 2013Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  6. Oct 29, 2013Committee

    Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.

  7. May 17, 2013Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

  8. May 16, 2013IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

  9. May 16, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  10. May 16, 2013IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Reported to House without amendmentNov 12, 201479

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring, or from promulgating regulations that direct a state to require, a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silviculture activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance.

Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts a silvicultural activity resulting in the discharge of dredged of fill material from permit requirements for discharges into navigable waters.

Introduced in HouseMay 16, 2013

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring, or from promulgating regulations that direct a state to require, a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silviculture activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance.

Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts a silvicultural activity resulting in the discharge of dredged of fill material from permit requirements for discharges into navigable waters.

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013 — Informed