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S.2567

S.2567: Navigable Waters Protection Act of 2021

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Introduced July 29, 2021
Latest Major Action July 29, 2021

Bill Sponsor

Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)

Bill Cosponsors

32 (All Republicans)

Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
Joshua Hawley (R-Mo.)
John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)
James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)
Steve Daines (R-Mont.)
Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
James Lankford (R-Okla.)
Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)
Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)
Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)
Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
Ben Sasse (R-Neb.)
John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
Cynthia M. Lummis (R-Wyo.)
Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
John Boozman (R-Ark.)
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.)
Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)
Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)
Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

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Introduced in Senate - July 29, 2021

Bill Summary

Navigable Waters Protection Act of 2021 This bill enacts definitions that determine which bodies of water fall under the scope of the Clean Water Act and are thereby under federal jurisdiction. Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for the definitions related to the waters of the United States, commonly known as WOTUS, in regulations when the bill is enacted.

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Date	Description
July 29, 2021	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
July 29, 2021	Introduced in the Senate by Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)

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