,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #deb  #aacth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#bjbf  ,report ,no4 #aac-fjg  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,may   
#af1 #bjac ,ms4 ,herrera ,beutler 7for  
herself1 ,mr4 ,schrader1 ,mr4 ,benishek1
 ,mrs4 ,mc,morris ,rodgers1 ,mr4        
,ribble1 ,mr4 ,simpson1 ,mr4 ,thompson  
of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,walden1 ,mr4    
,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,larsen of    
,washington1 ,mr4 ,rahall1 ,ms4 ,sewell 
of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,duncan 
of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,kingston1    
,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,michaud1 ,mr4 ,barrow
 of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,peterson1 and ,mr4  
,hastings of ,washington7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,november #ab1 #bjad   
,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,young of    
,alaska1 ,mr4 ,westmoreland1 ,mr4       
,austin ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,owens1
 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4 ,mulvaney1 ,mr4    
,nolan1 ,mr4 ,fleming1 ,mr4 ,gibson1    
,mrs4 ,roby1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 ,mr4        

,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,hanna1 ,mr4 ,hurt1 ,mr4
 ,duffy1 ,mr4 ,crawford1 ,mr4           
,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1 ,mr4       
,aderholt1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4         
,southerland1 ,mr4 ,mc,kinley1 ,mr4     
,griffin of ,arkansas1 ,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4
 ,womack1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,mr4 ,harper1   
,mr4 ,labrador1 ,mr4 ,reichert1 ,mr4    
,gibbs1 ,mrs4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,enyart1    
,mr4 ,mullin1 ,mr4 ,bachus1 ,mr4        
,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,denham1 ,mr4 ,griffith of
 ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,nunnelee1 ,mr4 ,rogers
 of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,sanford1 ,mr4       
,mc,intyre1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4 ,tipton1
 ,mr4 ,goodlatte1 ,mr4 ,forbes1 ,mr4    
,rice of ,south ,carolina1 ,ms4 ,kuster1
 ,mr4 ,palazzo1 ,mr4 ,barletta1 and ,mr4
 ,walberg  ,november #ab1 #bjad         
,committed to the ,committee of the     
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act to exempt      
certain silvicultural activities from   
national pollutant discharge elimination

 system permitting requirements1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,silviculture 
,regulatory ,consistency ,act of #bjac4 
#b4 ,silvicultural activities ,section  
#djb7l7 of the ,federal ,water          
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#acdb7l77 is amended by adding at the   
end the following3  7#c7 ,silvicultural 
activities  7,a7 ,,npdes permit         
requirements for silvicultural          
activities ,the ,administrator shall not
 require a permit or otherwise          
promulgate regulations under this       
section or directly or indirectly       
require any ,state to require a permit  
under this section for a discharge of   
stormwater runoff resulting from the    
conduct of the following silviculture   
activities3 nursery operations1 site    
preparation1 reforestation and          
subsequent cultural treatment1 thinning1
 prescribed burning1 pest and fire      
control1 harvesting operations1 surface 
drainage1 and road use1 construction1   

and maintenance4  7,b7 ,permits for     
dredged or fill material ,nothing in    
this paragraph exempts a silvicultural  
activity resulting in the discharge of  
dredged or fill material from any       
permitting requirement under section    
#djd4  4  ,november #ab1 #bjad          
,committed to the ,committee of the     
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed