[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 524 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 524

 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the 
   authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the 
          Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2013

  Mr. McKinley (for himself, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. 
Blackburn, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mr. Duncan of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Bucshon, and Mr. Kline) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the 
   authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the 
          Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERMITS FOR DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL.

    Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1344(c)) is amended by striking ``The Administrator is 
authorized'' and inserting ``Until such time as the Secretary has 
issued a permit under this section, the Administrator is authorized''.
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