The U.S. House will again attempt to nullify the ‘Waters of the U.S.’ rule in 2016, according to a spokesperson for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.
Voting is planned on a Congressional Review Act challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial rule in the House next year and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate is in the process of putting a WOTUS repeal on the President’s desk, according to DTN.
A resolution to stop the rule and to prohibit any similar future laws passed the Senate in November but never made it to the President’s desk as Obama promised a veto to any legislation against the rule.
WOTUS, which took effect in August, is on hold by a federal court as the rule faces litigation from more than 30 states and organizations representing agriculture and other industries.
