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S. 473 (108th)

Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2003

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Introduced

27 February 2003

Last action

27 February 2003 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2928-2929)

Sponsors

Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN], Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR], Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI], Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]

Subjects

Rule of law, Environment

Source updated

18 August 2025

Rule of law · Environment

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Summary

Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2003 - 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. 27 February 2003

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2928-2929)

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 27 February 2003

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2927-2928)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 27 February 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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  • Introduced in Senate (text)

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