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Policy Rider to Halt EPA Clean Water Act Guidance Survives Floor Vote

A that would bar the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing their on Clean Water Act Jurisdiction survived an amendment offered by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.). The amendment would have stripped the provision out of the Energy and Water Appropriations bill. The Moran Amendment failed by a vote of . The original rider was introduced by Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-Mont.) during the Committee markup and passed by a vote of 29-20. As an Appropriations rider, this provision is only able to de-fund implementation of the Guidance for one year. 澳门六合彩开奖预测 that would put a permanent halt to this guidance in both the House and the Senate. The Energy and Water Appropriations legislation passed the House yesterday by a vote of . For more information, please contact Scott Berry at (703) 837-5321 or berrys@agc.org