HR 2026 · 113th Congress · Environmental Protection

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013

Introduced 2013-05-16· Sponsored by Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452.(2014-11-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring, or from promulgating regulations that direct a state to require, a permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silviculture activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance. Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts a silvicultural activity resulting in the discharge of dredged of fill material from permit requirements for discharges into navigable waters.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

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H.R. 2026, Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act of 2013

Nov 7, 2013

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 29, 2013

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Cosponsors (20)

8 Democrats12 Republicans