,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cice  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjbe,mr4 
,stauber introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal ,water   
,pollution ,control ,act with respect to
 the period during which areas may be   
prohibited from being specified as      
disposal sites for dredged or fill      
material1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,reducing ,permitting ,uncertainty 
,act4  #b4 ,reducing permitting         
uncertainty  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#djd7;c7 of the ,federal ,water         
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#acdd7;c77 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking
 7c7 ,the ,administrator and inserting  
the following3  7c7 ,specification or   
use of defined area  7#a7 ,in general   
,the ,administrator  2  7#b7 in         
paragraph 7#a71 as so designated1 by    
inserting during the period described in

 paragraph 7#b7 and before after notice 
and opportunity for public hearings2 and
  7#c7 by adding at the end the         
following3  7#b7 ,period of prohibition 
,the period during which the            
,administrator may prohibit the         
specification 7including the withdrawal 
of specification7 of any defined area as
 a disposal site1 or deny or restrict   
the use of any defined area for         
specification 7including the withdrawal 
of specification7 as a disposal site1   
under paragraph 7#a7 shall--  7,a7 begin
 on the date on which an applicant      
submits all the information required to 
complete an application for a permit    
under this section2 and  7,b7 end on the
 date on which the ,secretary issues the
 permit4  4  7b7 ,applicability ,the    
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply to a permit application submitted 
under section #djd of the ,federal      
,water ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acdd7 after the date of      
enactment of this ,act4