Clean Water Act
type: Thing
label: قانون المياه النظيفة @ar
subject: Category:Water pollution in the United States
subject: Category:1987 in American law
subject: Category:1977 in American law
subject: Category:United States federal environmental legislation
subject: Category:1972 in American law
subject: Category:Water law in the United States
subject: Category:1972 in the environment
description: primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution
description: zvezni zakon Združenih držav Amerike o varstvu voda @sl
description: US-amerikanisches Bundesgesetz zur Wasserverschmutzung (1972) @de
description: ustawa USA @pl
name: Clean Water Act
hypernym: Law
sections amended: § 1151
cite public law: 92
colloquialacronym: CWA
effective date: 1972-10-18
enacted by: 92
introducedby: Edmund Muskie
introduceddate: 1971-10-28
introducedin: Senate
longtitle: An Act to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
passedbody: Senate
passedbody: House
passeddate: 1972-10-04
passeddate: 1972-03-29
passeddate: 1971-11-02
passedvote: 366
passedvote: 86
passedvote: 74
public law url: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-86/pdf/STATUTE-86-Pg816.pdf
title amended: 33
conferencedate: 1972-10-04
acts amended: Federal Water Pollution Control Act
committees: United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
vetoedpresident: Richard Nixon
vetoeddate: 1972-10-17
othershorttitles: Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972
overriddenbody: Senate
overriddenbody: House
overriddenvote: 247
overriddenvote: 52
overriddendate: 1972-10-17
overriddendate: 1972-10-18