To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that the total cost of application of technology that is commercially available in the United States is considered with respect to certain guidelines relating to effluent limitations, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that the total cost of application of technology that is commercially available in the United States is considered with respect to certain guidelines relating to effluent limitations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Technology.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HE5EEF988EE6E4F76A9FF2D62D6B15F72: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Quality Technology Availability Act.
- Section HF216A56E9D8549048552C3B0249D81B3: 2. Clarifying effluent limitation guidelines Section 304(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1314(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that the total cost of application of technology that is commercially available in the United States is considered with respect to certain guidelines relating to effluent limitations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Technology
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that the total cost of application of technology that is commercially available in the United States is considered with respect to certain guidelines relating to effluent limitations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Collins introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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