Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that limits the scope of the Clean Water Act by redefining the term "navigable waters."

Highlights:

• Limits the scope of the Clean Water Act by redefining “navigable waters” to exclude the following (Sec. 18):

• Waste treatment systems;

• Ephemeral features that flow only in direct response to precipitation;

• Prior converted cropland;

• Groundwater, or

• Any other features determined to be excluded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text