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H.R. 2421 (110th)

Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007

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Introduced

22 May 2007

Last action

16 April 2008 · Committee

Status

Committee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-12], Rep. Ehlers, Vernon J. [R-MI-3], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3], Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26], Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large], Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7], Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9], Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24], Rep. Carnahan, Russ [D-MO-3], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19], Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28]

Subjects

Rule of law, Environment, Agriculture

Source updated

14 August 2025

Rule of law · Environment · Agriculture

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Summary

Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water 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. Declares that nothing in such Act shall be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of the Army or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act related to discharges: (1) composed entirely of agricultural return flows; (2) of stormwater runoff from oil, gas, and mining operations; or (3) of dredged or fill materials resulting from normal farming, silviculture, and ranching activities or from activities with respect to which a state has an approved program, or for the purposes of maintenance of currently serviceable structures or drainage ditches, construction or maintenance of farm or stock ponds, irrigation ditches, or farm, forest, or temporary roads for moving mining equipment, or construction of temporary sedimentation basins on construction sites.

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Timeline

  1. 22 May 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 22 May 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 22 May 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 23 May 2007

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

    Source: Committee

  5. 17 July 2007

    Committee

    Committee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

  6. 19 July 2007

    Committee

    Committee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

  7. 16 April 2008

    Committee

    Committee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

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