Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

This joint resolution nullifies the Stream Protection Rule finalized by the Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement on December 20, 2016. The rule addresses the impacts of surface coal mining operations on surface water, groundwater, and the productivity of mining operation sites.

[115th Congress Public Law 5]
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Public Law 115-5
115th Congress

                            Joint Resolution


 
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known 
   as the Stream Protection Rule. <<NOTE: Feb. 16, 2017 -  [H.J. Res. 
                                 38]>> 

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the 
rule submitted by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement of the Department of the Interior relating to the ``Stream 
Protection Rule'' (published at 81 Fed. Reg. 93066 (December 20, 2016)), 
and such rule shall have no force or effect.

    Approved February 16, 2017.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 38:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):
            Feb. 1, considered and passed House. Considered in Senate.
            Feb. 2, considered and passed Senate.
DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2017):
            Feb. 16, Presidential remarks.

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