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H.R. 2541: Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

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H.R. 2541: Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-07-14 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-07-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

Plain summary

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from requiring a permit under national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements for a discharge resulting from the conduct of the following silvicultural activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, or road use, construction, and maintenance, from which there is runoff. Specifies that nothing in this Act exempts silvicultural activity from permit requirements for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] · 62 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Tim Walberg (R-MI), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL) and 2 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2541 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112