United States · Bill · S
S. 2780 (107th)
Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2002
Introduced
24 July 2002
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Summary
Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2002 - 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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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 July 2002
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Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 July 2002
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 24 July 2002
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2780
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2780