Policy Rider to Halt EPA Clean Water Act Guidance Survives Floor Vote

A policy rider that would bar the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing their guidance on Clean Water Act Jurisdiction survived an amendment offered by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.). The amendment would have stripped the provision out of the Energy and Water Appropriations bill. The Moran Amendment failed by a vote of 152-237. The original rider was introduced by Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-Mont.) during the Committee markup and passed by a vote of 29-20. As an Appropriations rider, this provision is only able to de-fund implementation of the Guidance for one year. AGC continues to push legislation that would put a permanent halt to this guidance in both the House and the Senate. The Energy and Water Appropriations legislation passed the House yesterday by a vote of 255-165. For more information, please contact Scott Berry at (703) 837-5321 or berrys@agc.org