HR.4278 Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permit requirements for dredged or fill material.
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- Rep. Rodney Alexander (LA Republican)
- Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA Democrat)
- Rep. John Carter (TX Republican)
- Rep. Walter Jones (NC Republican)
- Rep. Thomas Latham (IA Republican)
- Rep. Mike Mcintyre (NC Democrat)
- Rep. Michael Michaud (ME Democrat)
- Rep. Gary Miller (CA Republican)
- Rep. Steven Pearce (NM Republican)
- Rep. Collin Peterson (MN Democrat)
- Rep. Clifford Stearns (FL Republican)
- Rep. Jim Costa (CA Democrat)
- Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (GA Republican)
- Rep. Jason Altmire (PA Democrat)
- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO Republican)
- Rep. David Roe (TN Republican)
- Rep. Glenn Thompson (PA Republican)
- Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ Republican)
- Rep. Jeff Denham (CA Republican)
- Rep. Billy Long (MO Republican)
- Rep. Bill Johnson (OH Republican)
- Rep. Thomas Marino (PA Republican)
- Rep. Francisco Canseco (TX Republican)
- Rep. H. Griffith (VA Republican)



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9/20/2012--Reported to House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace a requirement that a permit be obtained for any discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters incidental to any activity having as its purpose bringing an area of such waters into a use to which it was not previously subject and where the flow or circulation of such waters may be impaired or the reach of such waters may be reduced with a requirement that a permit be obtained for any such discharge that is not currently exempted from permit requirements.
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Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-683.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 19.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 19.
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