United States · Bill · S
S. 912 (109th)
Clean Water Authority Restoration Act of 2005
Introduced
27 April 2005
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1531-1532)
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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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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 April 2005
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Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 April 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 27 April 2005
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/912
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