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A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel. 3/13/2008--Introduced. Clean Boating Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to provide that no permit shall be required by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the national pollutant discharge elimination system for the discharge from a recreational vessel of graywater, bilge water, cooling water, weather deck runoff, oil water separator effluent, or effluent from properly functioning marine engines or for any other discharge that is incidental to the normal operation of such vessel.Defines a "recreational vessel" as any vessel that is leased, rented, or chartered to a person for that person's pleasure or that is manufactured or used primarily for pleasure, excluding vessels that are subject to Coast Guard inspection and [...]

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  • 07/29/2008 - Signed by President.
  • 07/29/2008 - Became Public Law No: 110-288.
  • 07/25/2008 - Presented to President.
  • 07/22/2008 - Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6981-6983; text as passed Senate: CR S6982-6983)
  • 07/22/2008 - Cleared for White House.

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Bill Text
File name Last Updated
S.2766 Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate07/24/2008
S.2766 Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by Senate07/23/2008
S.2766 Reported in Senate06/25/2008
S.2766 Introduced in Senate03/19/2008