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HR 953 - Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017 - National Key Vote
Peter Welch voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
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Legislation -
Bill Passed
(House)
(256-165) -
May 24, 2017(Key vote)
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Title: Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017
Vote Result
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Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the requirement of a permit to spray pesticides into navigable waters.
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Prohibits a state or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring a permit for the discharge of pesticides from a single, identifiable source into navigable waters, except in the following cases (Secs. 2-3):
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Discharge resulting from a pesticide application in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act;
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Stormwater discharge;
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Manufacturing, industrial, or treatment works waste; or
- Discharge from the normal operation of a vessel.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Feb. 7, 2017
Title: Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Ralph Lee Abraham (LA - R)
- Rick W. Allen (GA - R)
- Jodey Arrington (TX - R)
- Brian Babin (TX - R)
- James 'Jim' Banks (IN - R)
- Michael J. 'Mike' Bost (IL - R)
- Morris J. 'Mo' Brooks (AL - R)
- Tom Cole (OK - R)
- James R. 'Jamie' Comer Jr. (KY - R)
- Barbara Jean Comstock (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- K. Michael 'Mike' Conaway (TX - R)
- Jim Costa (CA - D)
- Kevin Cramer (ND - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eric A. 'Rick' Crawford (AR - R)
- Scott DesJarlais (TN - R)
- Paul A. Gosar (AZ - R)
- Glenn Grothman (WI - R)
- Steven Brett Guthrie (KY - R)
- Randall M. 'Randy' Hultgren (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lynn M. Jenkins (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Walter Beaman Jones Jr. (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- J. Trent Kelly (MS - R)
- Steve A. King (IA - R)
- David Kustoff (TN - R)
- Doug LaMalfa (CA - R)
- Barry Loudermilk (GA - R)
- Frank D. Lucas (OK - R)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO - R)
- Roger W. Marshall (KS - R)
- Paul Mitchell (MI - R)
- Daniel 'Dan' Newhouse (WA - R)
- Collin C. Peterson (MN - D)
- Robert M. Pittenger (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Martha D. Roby (AL - R)
- Michael Dennis 'Mike' Rogers (AL - R)
- Todd Rokita (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Walter Kurt Schrader (OR - D)
- David Schweikert (AZ - R)
- James Austin Scott (GA - R)
- Peter A. 'Pete' Sessions (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Terrycina A. 'Terri' Sewell (AL - D)
- Bill Shuster (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Glenn William 'GT' Thompson Jr. (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frederick Stephen 'Fred' Upton (MI - R)
- David G. Valadao (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Brad R. Wenstrup (OH - R)
- Theodore Scott 'Ted' Yoho (FL - R)