,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #g1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,vitter introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control    
,act to permit removal to ,united       
,states district courts of certain civil
 actions filed in ,state courts4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,ending ,legacy ,lawsuit ,abuse     
,act4  #b4 ,removal of civil actions    
filed in ,state courts ,the ,federal    
,water ,pollution ,control ,act is      
amended by inserting after section #eje 
7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #acfe7 the following3    
#eje;,a4 ,removal of civil actions filed
 in ,state courts ,any civil action     
filed in a ,state court that involves a 
claim of environmental contamination    
that impacts or threatens to impact any 
waters of the ,united ,states subject to
 the jurisdiction of the ,corps of      

,engineers may be removed by the        
defendant to the ,united ,states        
district court for the district in which
 the civil action is pending4  4