,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cija  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjbe,mr4 
,hurd of ,colorado introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,secretary of the ,army to eliminate
 any backlog of applications for permits
 under section #djd of the ,federal     
,water ,pollution ,control ,act or      
requests for jurisdictional             
determinations under the jurisdiction of
 the ,secretary1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,jurisdictional            
,determination ,backlog ,reduction ,act4
  #b4 ,elimination of backlog of        
applications for jurisdictional         
determinations and permits ,not later   
than #fj days after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of the ,army1 acting through the ,chief 
of ,engineers1 shall expedite such      
procedures and reallocate or augment    

such personnel and resources of the     
,corps of ,engineers as the ,secretary  
determines necessary to eliminate any   
backlog existing as ,june #e1 #bjbe1    
of--  7#a7 applications for permits     
under section #djd of the ,federal      
,water ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acdd72 or  7#b7 requests for 
jurisdictional determinations under the 
jurisdiction of the ,secretary4