House Republicans, who had promised to push through reforms to key environmental laws blamed for delaying new infrastructure and other projects, are moving a pair of proposals this week to revise the Clean Water Act and stop the Biden administration from doing things its own way.
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will begin marking up a Congressional Review Act joint resolution of disapproval tomorrow seeking to nullify the Biden administration’s definition of “waters of the United States” under the CWA. Chairman Sam Graves led the resolution, which has a companion in the Senate led by Senate EPW Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito.
The committee will also take up a bill just introduced on Friday that would establish new strictures on states’ water quality certification permitting authorities under the Clean Water Act, which have been “weaponized” to block projects, sponsor Rep. David Rouzer of North Carolina said.