Key Votes
HR 2018 - Amending Clean Water Laws - Key Vote
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Alcee Hastings, Sr. voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (239-184) - July 13, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Amending Clean Water Laws
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that limits the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to impose water quality standards.
Highlights:
- Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing a revised or new standard for a pollutant for which the Agency has previously approved a state-submitted water quality standard, unless the state concurs with the Agency's determination that the revised or new standard is necessary (Sec. 2).
- Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to Congress any increase or reduction in waterborne pathogenic microorganisms, toxic chemicals, or toxic metals in waters regulated by a state under this bill (Sec. 6).
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Co-sponsors
- Jason Altmire (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Spencer T. Bachus (AL - R)
- Louis J. 'Lou' Barletta (PA - R)
- Rob Bishop (UT - R)
- Josiah Robins 'Jo' Bonner Jr. (AL - R)
- Larry D. Bucshon (IN - R)
- John Howard Coble (NC - R)
- Chip Cravaack (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rick Crawford (AR - R)
- Mark S. Critz (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John J. 'Jimmy' Duncan Jr. (TN - R)
- Jo Ann Emerson (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Blake R. Farenthold (TX - R)
- Bob Gibbs (OH - R)
- Samuel B. 'Sam' Graves (MO - R)
- H. Morgan Griffith (VA - R)
- Frank C. Guinta (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steven Brett Guthrie (KY - R)
- Thomas Timothy 'Tim' Holden (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Randall M. 'Randy' Hultgren (IL - R)
- Duncan D. Hunter (CA - R)
- Bill Johnson (OH - R)
- Jeff Landry (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- James Lankford (OK - R)
- Billy Long (MO - R)
- Cynthia M. Lummis (WY - R)
- David B. McKinley (WV - R)
- Gary G. Miller (CA - R)
- Shelley Moore Capito (WV - R)
- Pete Olson (TX - R)
- Ronald Ernest 'Ron' Paul (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Nick Joe Rahall II (WV - D)
- Dennis 'Denny' Rehberg (MT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Harold 'Hal' Rogers (KY - R)
- Jean Schmidt (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Shuster (PA - R)
- William Steve Southerland (FL - R)
- Joe Walsh (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Donald E. 'Don' Young (AK - R)
