US Congress Senate Bill 1369 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 19-10)
Status: Introduced on July 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a permit under national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements for a discharge resulting from the conduct of any silvicultural activity, such as nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, or road use, construction, and maintenance, from which there is runoff. Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts silvicultural activity from permit requirements for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters.

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Herb Kohl [D-WI]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2011-07-14	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4610)

HB2541 (Same As) 2012-09-20 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1369/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1369/BILLS-112s1369is.pdf