S. 1470: Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013
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S. 1470: Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-08-01 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-08-01 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013
Plain summary
Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prevent guidelines applicable to permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters at disposal sites from prohibiting specification of a site due to the lack of a final site plan resulting from the lack of an identified end user or industry or industrial classification when determining whether there is a practicable alternative to a proposed discharge that would result in less adverse impact on the aquatic ecosystem.
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Official text
Commonsense Permitting for Job Creation Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · 1 cosponsors
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Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] reported raising $903,436 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s1470.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>
Record fed-us-cong113-s1470 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113