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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)
Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014 - Prohibits the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from:
developing, finalizing, adopting, implementing, applying, administering, or enforcing the proposed rule entitled, "Definition of 'Waters of the United States' Under the Clean Water Act," issued on April 21, 2014, or the proposed guidance entitled, "Guidance on Identifying Waters Protected By the Clean Water Act," dated February 17, 2012; or
Requires the Army Corps and the EPA to withdraw the interpretive rule entitled, "Notice of Availability Regarding the Exemption from Permitting Under Section 404(f)(1)(A) of the Clean Water Act to Certain Agricultural Conservation Practices," issued on April 21, 2014.
Requires the Army Corps and the EPA to: (1) consult with relevant state and local officials to develop recommendations for a regulatory proposal that would identify the scope of waters covered under the Clean Water Act and the scope of waters not covered; (2) provide for the public review and comment of a draft report that includes a recommendation only if consensus has been reached with regard to the recommendation among the Army Corps, the EPA, and state and local officials; (3) publish a final report; and (4) report to Congress on the recommendations.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5078 as passed House without amendment on Sep 9, 2014. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Sep 9, 2014Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveSep 9, 2014
House Sep 9, 2014 · the primary vote
Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act
Passed
262 Yea 152 Nay 17 not voting
Party-line vote 36 of 414 voting members broke with their own party: 35 Democrats, 1 Republican.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5078 and vote against it. 13 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 5078 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
217 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.