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113TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 113-607
SILVICULTURE REGULATORY CONSISTENCY ACT OF 2013
NOVEMBER 12, 2014.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SHUSTER, from the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2026]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 2026) to amend the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act to exempt certain silvicultural activities from na-
tional pollutant discharge elimination system permitting require-
ments, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report
favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill
do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................ 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 4
Legislative History and Consideration ................................................................. 5
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 5
Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 5
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 5
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 5
Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 6
Advisory of Earm arks .............................................................................................. 6
Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 6
Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ..................................................................... 7
Federal M andate Statem ent ................................................................................... 7
Preem ption Clarification ........................................................................................ 7
Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 7
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 7
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