Legislation· Apr 2023Sponsored by Sam Graves (R)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".
Would have blocked the 2023 federal rule that sets which waters the Clean Water Act protects.
Tradeoff
Would have voided the 2023 rule that defines which waters the Clean Water Act covers. That rule includes some wetlands and waters that flow only at times.
What's in it
The House passed the resolution 227-198 on March 9, 2023. The Senate passed it 53-43 on March 29. A House vote on April 18, 2023 failed 227-196. The bill was vetoed and did not become law.
House
Introduced
(Feb 2, 2023)
House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure(Feb 2, 2023)
House
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voted to send it to the floor
Reported 30 - 24(Feb 28, 2023)
Committee report H. Rept. 118-6.
House
Passage of the bill
Passed(Roll #142 · Mar 9, 2023)
227 yeanay 198Senate
Received from the House
Received(Mar 14, 2023)
Senate
On the Joint Resolution
Joint Resolution Passed(Roll #79 · Mar 29, 2023)
53 yeanay 43House
Sent to the President
(Apr 5, 2023)
House
Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding
Failed(Roll #187 · Apr 18, 2023)
227 yeanay 196White House
Vetoed(Apr 18, 2023)
Joe Biden (D)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA)
- Mary E. Miller (R-IL)
- Mike D. Rogers (R-AL)
- Mark E. Amodei (R-NV)
- Mike Bost (R-IL)
- Troy E. Nehls (R-TX)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS)
- Mike Johnson (R-LA)
- David Rouzer (R-NC)
- Michael K. Simpson (R-ID)
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
- Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
- Julia Letlow (R-LA)
- David G. Valadao (R-CA)
- Tim Burchett (R-TN)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
- Scott Perry (R-PA)
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT)
- Lance Gooden (R-TX)
- August Pfluger (R-TX)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA)
- Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT)
- Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY)
- Michael Guest (R-MS)
- Daniel Meuser (R-PA)
- Adrian Smith (R-NE)
- Mike Ezell (R-MS)
- Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
- Jason Smith (R-MO)
- Ronny Jackson (R-TX)
- Ralph Norman (R-SC)
- Lauren Boebert (R-CO)
- Barry Moore (R-AL)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY)
- Mike Flood (R-NE)
- Chuck Edwards (R-NC)
- Bill Posey (R-FL)
- Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ)
- Mark Alford (R-MO)
- Mike Carey (R-OH)
- Troy Balderson (R-OH)
- Brandon Williams (R-NY)
- Rudy Yakym (R-IN)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA)
- Rick W. Allen (R-GA)
- Chris Stewart (R-UT)
- Ann Wagner (R-MO)
- Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)
- Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK)
- Wesley Hunt (R-TX)
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Cliff Bentz (R-OR)
- Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH)
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID)
- John H. Rutherford (R-FL)
- Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY)
- Brian Babin (R-TX)
- Daniel Webster (R-FL)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- Garret Graves (R-LA)
- Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
- Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)
- Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- John Joyce (R-PA)
- Blake D. Moore (R-UT)
- James Comer (R-KY)
- Mike Collins (R-GA)
- Bill Johnson (R-OH)
- Lisa C. McClain (R-MI)
- Jenniffer Rescom. González-Colón (R-PR)
- H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA)
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
- Joe Wilson (R-SC)
- Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
- Jack Bergman (R-MI)
- Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY)
- Andrew Ogles (R-TN)
- Eric Burlison (R-MO)
- Frank D. Lucas (R-OK)
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)
- Jake LaTurner (R-KS)
- John R. Moolenaar (R-MI)
- Chip Roy (R-TX)
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL)
- Bryan Steil (R-WI)
- A. Drew, IV Ferguson (R-GA)
- John W. Rose (R-TN)
- Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)
- Mike Kelly (R-PA)
- Aaron Bean (R-FL)
- Mike Garcia (R-CA)
- Brad Finstad (R-MN)
- Darrell E. Issa (R-CA)
- David Kustoff (R-TN)
- Kevin Kiley (R-CA)
- Kevin Hern (R-OK)
- Kat Cammack (R-FL)
- Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)
- Jake Ellzey (R-TX)
- Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV)
- John S. Duarte (R-CA)
- Byron Donalds (R-FL)
- Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
- Matthew M. Rosendale Sr. (R-MT)
- Darin LaHood (R-IL)
- Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC)
- James C. Moylan (R-GU)
- Nathaniel Moran (R-TX)
- James R. Baird (R-IN)
- Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
- Roger Williams (R-TX)
- Max L. Miller (R-OH)
- Tom Emmer (R-MN)
- Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY)
- Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS)
- Larry Bucshon (R-IN)
- Thomas Massie (R-KY)
- Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY)
- Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
- Ron Estes (R-KS)
- Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX)
- Dan Bishop (R-NC)
- Robert E. Latta (R-OH)
- Josh Brecheen (R-OK)
- Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC)
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)
- Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ)
- David P. Joyce (R-OH)
- Austin Scott (R-GA)
- Michael Cloud (R-TX)
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
- Andy Barr (R-KY)
- Randy Feenstra (R-IA)
- Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL)
- Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
- Randy K., Sr. Weber (R-TX)
- Mark E. Green (R-TN)
- Tim Walberg (R-MI)
- Thomas H. Kean (R-NJ)
- John James (R-MI)
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR)
- Brian J. Mast (R-FL)
- Bob Good (R-VA)
- Keith Self (R-TX)
- Ken Buck (R-CO)
- Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI)
- Debbie Lesko (R-AZ)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
- Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA)
- Steve Scalise (R-LA)
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN)
- Tom Cole (R-OK)
- Neal P. Dunn (R-FL)
- Laurel M. Lee (R-FL)
- Erin Houchin (R-IN)
- Richard Hudson (R-NC)
- Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
- Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)
- Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
- Monica De La Cruz (R-TX)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
- Jim Jordan (R-OH)
- Jerry L. Carl (R-AL)
Final passage· 118th Congress · 2023–2025