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H.R. 1356 (109th)

Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005

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Introduced

17 March 2005

Last action

18 March 2005 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Sponsors

Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-12], Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2], Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24], Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6], Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10], Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Sabo, Martin Olav [D-MN-5], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]

Subjects

Rule of law, Environment

Source updated

5 December 2025

Rule of law · Environment

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Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. 17 March 2005

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 17 March 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 17 March 2005

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 18 March 2005

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

    Source: Committee

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