,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aage  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,cartwright 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,brady of             
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,capuano1 ,mr4      
,connolly1 ,mr4 ,ellison1 ,mr4 ,farr1   
,mr4 ,fattah1 ,mr4 ,grayson1 ,mr4       
,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida1  
,mr4 ,holt1 ,mr4 ,honda1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 
,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,ms4 ,lee
 of ,california1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mrs4   
,lowey1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,meng1    
,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,polis1 ,mr4         
,quigley1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4        
,schwartz1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 ,mr4 ,smith 
of ,nebraska1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4         
,tsongas1 ,mr4 ,sarbanes1 ,mr4 ,takano1 
,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,peters of          
,michigan1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,cohen1
 ,ms4 ,pingree of ,maine1 ,ms4 ,chu1    
,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 and ,ms4 ,edwards7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          

,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act and direct the 
,secretary of the ,interior to conduct a
 study with respect to stormwater runoff
 from oil and gas operations1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,focused       
,reduction of ,effluence and ,stormwater
 runoff through ,hydrofracking          
,environmental ,regulation ,act of #bjac
 or the ,,fresher ,act of #bjac4  #b4   
,stormwater runoff from oil1 gas1 and   
mining operations  7a7 ,limitation on   
permit requirement ,section #djb of the 
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdb7 is amended by    
striking subsection 7l7 and inserting   
the following3  7l7 ,limitation on      
permit requirement ,the ,administrator  
shall not require a permit under this   
section for discharges composed entirely
 of return flows from irrigated         
agriculture1 nor shall the              
,administrator directly or indirectly1  

require any ,state to require such a    
permit4  4  7b7 ,definitions ,section   
#ejb of the ,federal ,water ,pollution  
,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acfb7 is  
amended--  7#a7 by striking paragraph   
7#bd72 and  7#b7 by redesignating       
paragraph 7#be7 as paragraph 7#bd74  7c7
 ,study  7#a7 ,in general ,the          
,secretary of the ,interior shall       
conduct a study of stormwater impacts   
with respect to any area that the       
,secretary determines may be            
contaminated by stormwater runoff       
associated with oil or gas operations1  
which shall include--  7,a7 an analysis 
of measurable contamination in such     
area2  7,b7 an analysis of ground water 
resources in such area2 and  7,c7 an    
analysis of the susceptibility of       
aquifers in such area to contamination  
from stormwater runoff associated with  
such operations4  7#b7 ,report ,not     
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this section1 the          
,secretary shall submit to ,congress a  

report on the results of studies        
conducted under paragraph 7#a74