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H.R. 6745: Clean Water for All Act

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H.R. 6745: Clean Water for All Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-05-08 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-05-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. 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.

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Official title

Clean Water for All Act

Plain summary

Clean Water for All Act This bill nullifies the 2020 rule titled The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: Definition of "Waters of the United States," which describes the bodies of water that fall under federal jurisdiction and the scope of the Clean Water Act. The 2020 rule replaces the 2015 Clean Water Rule, which includes a broader definition of waters of the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers must promulgate a regulation defining waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act. The EPA and the Corps must ensure that such definition includes categories of water bodies that affect the physical, chemical, or biological integrity of traditionally navigable and interstate waters, based on the best available scientific evidence. In addition, the EPA and the Corps must ensure that implementation of the Clean Water Act using such definition will prevent any degradation of surface water quality, increased contaminant levels in drinking water sources, increased flooding-related risks to human life or property, or disproportionate adverse impacts on minority or low-income populations.

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Official text

Clean Water for All Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · 86 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Chris Pappas (D-NH), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Ed Case (D-HI), John B. Larson (D-CT), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Peter Welch (D-VT), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Bill Foster (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sean Casten (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), André Carson (D-IN), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO) and 26 more.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Jurisdiction
The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6745 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116