Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2013

Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a rule within 60 days to prohibit any member of a board or body that approves permit applications for the discharge of pollutants from seeking to influence the approval of any permit in which that member has a financial interest.

Provides that the requirement that state national pollutant discharge elimination system programs ensure that any board or body that approves permits excludes as a member any person who receives or has received during the previous two years a significant portion of income from permit holders or applicants shall have no force or effect after the earlier of the date on which such rule is issued or 120 days after this Act's enactment.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 836 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 836

    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the 
requirement that permit applications for the discharge of pollutants be 
    approved by disinterested board members, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2013

 Mr. Gary G. Miller of California introduced the following bill; which 
   was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the 
requirement that permit applications for the discharge of pollutants be 
    approved by disinterested board members, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sunshine on Conflicts Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. APPROVAL BY DISINTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 402(a) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(6) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this paragraph, the Administrator shall issue a rule to prohibit any 
member of a board or body that approves permit applications or portions 
thereof from voting upon, or seeking to influence, the approval of any 
permit in which that member has a direct or indirect financial 
interest, as defined in applicable State law.''.
    (b) No Force or Effect of Existing Regulation.--Section 123.25(c) 
of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, shall have no further force 
or effect after the earliest of the date on which a rule is issued 
under section 402(a)(6) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1342(a)(6)) or the end of the 120-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this section.
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