Potential Clean Water Act Amendments and
Region-Specific Initiatives
Legislative initiatives receiving consideration as amendments
to The Clean Water Act.BILL NUMBER & TITLE:
H.R.550 - NONPOINT SOURCE WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION ACT OF 1997
INTRODUCED BY:
Representative James Oberstar (D-MN)
REFERRALS:
House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish requirements and provide assistance to prevent nonpoint sources of water pollution.
MAJOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO DATE:
02/04/97 -- In the HOUSE
Introduced by OBERSTAR (D-MN)
AMSA ACTIONS:
Carolyn Gabel, Senior Policy Advisor to Representative Oberstar, attended AMSA's March 6 Legislative Strategy Session to discuss H.R.550 and other priorities of the Congressman. Representative Oberstar is the Ranking Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The bill serves as the first effort this Congress to effectively address nonpoint source control. AMSA plans to closely track its progress and provide input when Association positions are finalized.
BILL NUMBER & TITLE:
H.R.640 - AGRICULTURAL LANDS PROTECTION ACT OF 1997
INTRODUCED BY:
Representative John Hostettler (R-IN)
Cosponsored by COMBEST (TX), BARRETT (NE), GOODLATTE (VA) , SOUDER (IN), MCINTOSH (IN), BURTON (IN), SMITH (MI), LEWIS (KY), BAKER (LA), MCCRERY (LA), MCHUGH (NY), HERGER (CA), ROYCE(CA), BONILLA (TX), RIGGS (CA), LATHAM (IA), BARR (GA), CHRISTENSEN (NE) AND DOOLITTLE (CA), BRYANT (TN), EMERSON (MO), ROHRABACHER (CA), WHITFIELD (KY), BURR (NC), BLUNT (MO), JOHNSON, SAM (TX), TIAHRT (KS)
REFERRALS:
House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
House Committee on Agriculture
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
A bill to amend the wetland conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit the unimpeded use of privately owned crop, range and pasture lands that have been used for the planting of crops or the grazing of livestock in a least five of the preceding ten years.
MAJOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION TO DATE:
02/06/97 -- In the HOUSE
Introduced by HOSTETTLER
AMSA ACTIONS:
Monitoring
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