,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #bf1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,gary ,g4 ,miller of ,california   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act to clarify the 
requirement that permit applications for
 the discharge of pollutants be approved
 by disinterested board members1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,sunshine on  
,conflicts ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,approval
 by disinterested board members  7a7 ,in
 general ,section #djb7;a7 of the       
,federal ,water ,pollution ,control ,act
 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdb7;a77 is amended by
 adding at the end the following3  7#f7 
,not later than #fj days after the date 
of the enactment of this paragraph1 the 
,administrator shall issue a rule to    
prohibit any member of a board or body  
that approves permit applications or    

portions thereof from voting upon1 or   
seeking to influence1 the approval of   
any permit in which that member has a   
direct or indirect financial interest1  
as defined in applicable ,state law4  4 
7b7 ,no force or effect of existing     
regulation ,section #abc4be7;c7 of title
 #dj1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1   
shall have no further force or effect   
after the earliest of the date on which 
a rule is issued under section          
#djb7;a77#f7 of the ,federal ,water     
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#acdb7;a77#f77 or the end of the        
#abj-;day period beginning on the date  
of the enactment of this section4