Bill > HR953

Introduced Session

Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency or a state from requiring a permit under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) for a discharge of a pesticide from a point source into navigable waters if the discharge is approved under FIFRA. Point source pollution is waste discharged from a distinct place, such as a pipe, channel, or tunnel. (Sec. 3) NPDES permits are required for: (1) a discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of FIFRA that is relevant to protecting water quality, if the discharge would not have occurred but for the violation or the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue contained in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation; (2) stormwater discharges regulated under NPDES; and (3) discharges regulated under NPDES of manufacturing or industrial effluent or treatment works effluent and discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including a discharge resulting from operations concerning ballast water held in ships to increase stability or vessel biofouling prevention.

Committee Categories

Bob Gibbs (R)*,  Ralph Abraham (R),  Rick Allen (R),  Jodey Arrington (R),  Brian Babin (R),  Jim Banks (R),  Mike Bost (R),  Mo Brooks (R),  Tom Cole (R),  James Comer (R),  Barbara Comstock (R),  K. Michael Conaway (R),  Jim Costa (D),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Rick Crawford (R),  Scott DesJarlais (R),  Paul Gosar (R),  Glenn Grothman (R),  Brett Guthrie (R),  Randy Hultgren (R),  Lynn Jenkins (R),  Walter Jones (R),  Trent Kelly (R),  Steve King (R),  David Kustoff (R),  Doug LaMalfa (R),  Barry Loudermilk (R),  Frank Lucas (R),  Blaine Luetkemeyer (R),  Roger Marshall (R),  Paul Mitchell (I),  Dan Newhouse (R),  Collin Peterson (D),  Robert Pittenger (R),  Martha Roby (R),  Mike Rogers (R),  Todd Rokita (R),  Kurt Schrader (D),  David Schweikert (R),  Austin Scott (R),  Pete Sessions (R),  Terri Sewell (D),  Bill Shuster (R),  G.T. Thompson (R),  Fred Upton (R),  David Valadao (R),  Brad Wenstrup (R),  Ted Yoho (R), 

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (on 05/25/2017)

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