Encouraging the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain and strengthen requirements under the Clean Water Act and reverse ongoing administrative actions to weaken this landmark law and protections for United States waters.

H. Res. 797 · 116th Congress · Jan 14, 2020 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives encourages the Environmental Protection Agency to—

(1)

maintain and strengthen, not attack, requirements that keep United States waterways clean;

(2)

end any ongoing administrative actions to weaken existing Clean Water Act regulations and other requirements protecting the Nation’s waters; and

(3)

initiate actions to reverse any already-completed administrative actions that weaken the Federal Government’s implementation of the Clean Water Act and other requirements protecting the Nation’s waters.

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Jan 14, 2020viewing Introduced in House Mrs. Dingell (for herself, Mr. Pappas, Ms. Norton, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Rouda, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Moore, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. García of Illinois, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Clay, Mr. Casten of Illinois, Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Haaland, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Foster, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Brownley of California, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Soto, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Quigley, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Case, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Takano, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Neal, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kildee, Mr. McEachin, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Sires, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Wild, Ms. Wexton, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Mucarsel-Powell, and Ms. Meng) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Encouraging the Environmental Protection Agency to maintain and strengthen requirements under the Clean Water Act and reverse ongoing administrative actions to weaken this landmark law and protections for United States waters.

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