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Clean Water Act Reauthorization
No listings to date.
Potential Clean Water Act Amendments and Region-Specific Initiatives
*H.R.2207 | Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Amendment |
H.R.2415 | Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Amendment |
H.R.2547 | Oceans Act of 1997 |
H.R.2556 | Wetlands and Wildlife Enhancement Act of 1997 |
H.R.2670 | Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Amendment |
*H.R.2762 | Wetlands and Watershed Management Act of 1997 |
*H.R.3232 | Farm Sustainability & Animal Feedlot Enforcement Act |
*H.R.3238 | Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Amendment |
*H.R.2823 | National Urban Watershed Model Restoration Act |
*S.1213 | Oceans Act of 1997 |
*S.1321 | Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Amendment |
S.1323 | Animal Agriculture Reform Act |
Biosolids Management/Other Interstate Transportation Initiatives
H.R.2654 | Solid Waste Disposal Act, Amendment |
*S.1180 | Endangered Species Habitat Protection Act of 1997 |
*H.R.655 | Electric Consumers' Power to Choose Act of 1997 |
*H.R.859 | Plumbing Standards Improvement Act of 1997 |
Enforcement - Environmental Crimes
*H.R.2762 | Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Amendment |
*S.1173 | Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1997 |
H.R.2400 | Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act of 1997 |
Funding and Innovative Technology Initiatives
*S.1480 | Harmful Algal Bloom Research and Control Act of 1997 |
Superfund & Related Clean-up Legislation
H.R.2727 | Comprehensive, Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 |
H.R.2750 | Superfund Cleanup Acceleration and Liability Equity Act |
H.R.3000 | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 |
*S.8 | Superfund Cleanup Acceleration Act of 1997 |
S.1224 | Federal Facility Superfund Compliance Act of 1997 |
S.1317 | Environmental Health Protection Act of 1997 |
H.R.1878 | Moratorium on Enforcement of CERCLA Against De Minimis Parties |
H.R.2087 | Polluter Pays Act of 1997 |
H.R.2485 | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, Amendment |
S.1386 | Remediation of Contaminated Sediments |
S.1497 | Equity and Public Involvement in Superfund Act of 1997 |
Safe Drinking Water Act
No significant action to report
Miscellaneous Environmental Initiatives
S.1364 | Federal Reports Elimination Act of 1997 |
Abbreviated Listings
Potential Clean Water Amendments & Region-Specific
Initiatives
H.R.455 | Long Island Sound Restoration Act |
H.R.550 | Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Act of 1997 |
H.R.640 | Agricultural Lands Protection Act of 1997 |
H.R.1290 | Wetlands Restoration and Improvement Act of 1997 |
H.R.2094 | Beaches, Environmental Assessment, Closure and Health Act of 1997 |
H.R.2138 | Municipal Biological Monitoring Use Act |
H.R.2222 | Federal Facilities Clean Water Compliance Act |
S.917 | Beaches, Environmental Assessment, Closure and Health Act of 1997 |
Biosolids Management/Other Interstate Transportation Initiatives
H.R.289 | Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Amendment |
H.R.942 | Solid Waste Disposal Act, Amendment |
H.R.943 | Municipal Solid Waste Flow Control Act of 1997 |
H.R.1346 | State and Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act of 1997 |
H.R.1358 | Interstate Transportation of Municipal Solid Waste of 1997 |
S.443 | State and Local Government Interstate Waste Control Act of 1997 |
S.448 | Solid Waste Disposal Act, Amendment |
S.463 | Solid Waste Disposal Act, Amendment |
Enforcement - Environmental Crimes
H.R.277 | Environmental Crimes and Enforcement Act of 1997; Environmental Crimes Training Act of 1996 |
H.R.1453 | Clean Water Enforcement and Compliance Improvement Act of 1997 |
Funding and Innovative Technology Initiatives
H.R.712 | National Infrastructure Development Act of 1997 |
H.R.806 | National Clean Water Trust Fund Act of 1997 |
H.R.1276 | Environmental Research, Development and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1997 |
Intermodal Surface Transportation & Efficiency Act and Other Transportation Proposals
H.R.1268 | National Economic Crossroads Transportation Efficiency Act of 1997 |
H.R.1533 | National Initiative on Surface Transportation and the Environment Act |
S.532 | Surface Transportation Authorization and Regulatory Streamlining Act |
S.586 | ISTEA Reauthorization Act of 1997 |
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments
H.R.2032 | Safe Drinking Water Act, Amendment |
Potential CERCLA (Superfund) Amendments
H.R.1409 | Brownfield Economic Revitalization Act of 1997 |
H.R.1206 | Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment Act |
H.R.1395 | Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act of 1997 |
H.R.1462 | Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment Revolving Loan Fund Pilot Project |
H.R.3020 | Brownfields Reclamation Act of 1997 |
Miscellaneous Environmental Initiatives
H.R.1209 | Defense of the Environment Act of 1997 |
H.R.1711 | Small Business Remediation Act of 1997 |
H.R.1404 | Defense of the Environment Act of 1997 |
H.R.1506 | Community Environmental Equity Act |
H.R.1636 | Children's Environmental Protection and Right to Know Act of 1997 |
H.R.2292 | Environmental Litigation Abuse Prevention Act of 1997 |
S.599 | Children's Environmental Protection Act |
S.769 | Right-to-Know More and Pollution Prevention Act of 1997 |
S.866 | Environmental Protection Partnership Act of 1997 |
Legislation Enacted into Public Law During 105th Congress
H.R.2158 | Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of 1998 |
H.R.2203 | Energy and Water Development Appropriations, 1998 |