HR 4278 · 112th Congress · Environmental Protection

Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012

Introduced 2012-03-28· Sponsored by Rep. Hurt, Robert [R-VA-5]· House

Bill Progress

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 494.(2012-09-20)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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H.R. 4278, Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012

Aug 22, 2012

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 26, 2012

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Cosponsors (20)

4 Democrats16 Republicans