To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide regulatory and judicial certainty for regulated entities and communities, increase transparency, and promote water quality, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide regulatory and judicial certainty for regulated entities and communities, increase transparency, and promote water quality, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Government Operations, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers 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, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HD78C3350271D4A528704662DDB7007C4: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act.
- Section H6EC24F871B004B2EB3478DF88C297C4F: 2. Water quality criteria development and transparency Section 304(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1314(a)) is amended by adding at...
- Section H747219D0B63545C9AC54732982B48185: 3. Federal general permits Section 402(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (6)...
- Section HFB8D1B6EE1654C73805328A2F3B76F32: 4. National pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) terms Section 402(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(b)(1)(B)) is...
- Section HBD91F0D4500C4A56AD5EAF20CF12119E: 5. Confidence in clean water permits Section 402(k) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(k)) is amended— by striking (k) Compliance with...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide regulatory and judicial certainty for regulated entities and communities, increase transparency, and promote water quality, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Government Operations, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide regulatory and judicial certainty for regulated entities and communities, increase transparency, and promote water quality, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment …
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole …
Mr. Rouzer introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal courts
Army Corps of Engineers faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Federal courts
Negative-direction: Environmental Protection Agency
Construction industry, Linear infrastructure builders (roads, utilities, pipelines), Permit applicants (developers, industry)
Environmental advocacy groups, Environmental advocacy organizations, Environmental enforcement organizations
Chinese-owned or controlled companies operating in the US, Subsidiaries of foreign adversary entities
Domestic competitors, Domestic competitors in affected industries, Industrial dischargers and NPDES permit holders
Infrastructure developers and pipeline companies, Municipal wastewater utilities
Environmental law firms
Environmental law firms faces effects in multiple directions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
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