H.J.Res. 27 explained · 118th Congress · Not enacted (118th Congress ended)
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".
Cosponsors: 170 (0 D, 170 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-11
Introduced: 2023-02-02
Latest action (2023-04-18): The Chair directed the Clerk to notify the Senate of the action of the House.
What H.J.Res. 27 does, in plain terms
This joint resolution nullifies the rule titled Revised Definition of "Waters of the United States," which was submitted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency on January 18, 2023. The rule specifies which bodies of water fall under the scope of the Clean Water Act and are thereby under federal jurisdiction and protected. For example, the definition in the 2023 rule includes certain wetlands and ephemeral waters (e.g., waters that flow intermittently). The 2023 rule replaced the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule that included a narrower definition of waters of the United States.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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