To terminate a rule relating to the definition of "waters of the United States".
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3021 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Lee to Amendment SA 2911.(consideration: CR S4329; text: CR S4329)
June 21, 2018
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3021 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Lee to Amendment SA 2911.(consideration: CR S4329; text: CR S4329)
June 21, 2018
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to table amendment SA 3021, as modified, agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 62 - 34. Record Vote Number: 138.
June 21, 2018
Amendment SA 3021 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Lee to Amendment SA 2911. (consideration: CR S4329; text as modified: CR S4329) To terminate a rule relating to the definition of "waters of the United States".
June 21, 2018
Motion to table amendment SA 3021, as modified, agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 62 - 34. Record Vote Number: 138.
June 21, 2018
Senate amendment submitted
June 20, 2018
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1 roll call on this amendment
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Submitted
SA 3021. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in Division A, insert the following: Sec. ___. (a) The final rule issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Army entitled ``Clean Water Rule: Definition of `Waters of the United States' '' (80 Fed. Reg. 37054 (June 29, 2015)) is void. (b) Until such time as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Army issue a final rule after the date of enactment of this Act defining the scope of waters protected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and that final rule goes into effect, any regulation or policy revised under, or otherwise affected as a result of, the rule voided by this section shall be applied as if the voided rule had not been issued. ______