US Congress House Bill 3271 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on July 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to allow a permittee under the Act to satisfy compensatory mitigation requirements for discharging dredged or fill material into the waters of the United States (permitted activity) by entering into a preservation lease with a state or Indian tribe whose wetlands are affected. A preservation lease is an agreement under which a permittee leases wetlands or other aquatic sites on state or Indian land for the sole purpose of preserving the wetlands or other aquatic sites in an undisturbed state during the term of the lease to mitigate for a permitted activity. The term of the lease may not be less than the life of the permitted activity and must be adjusted to account for the cessation of the impacts caused by such activity. If a permittee enters into a preservation lease and subsequently ceases to maintain the permitted activity, or seeks to abandon the permitted activity without a good faith transfer, the permittee must obtain a permit modification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which may require restoration and rehabilitation of the area.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow preservation leasing as a form of compensatory mitigation for discharges of dredged or fill material affecting State or Indian land, and for other purposes.

Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2015-07-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2015-07-28	House	Introduced in House

SB2727 (Related) 2016-03-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3271/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3271/BILLS-114hr3271ih.pdf