Both House and party rules detail procedures for committee assignments. House rules address the election and membership of committees, especially limitations on membership. The Democratic Caucus and Republican Conference rules designate categories of committees (shown below) and specify service limitations in addition to those in the House rules.

Report discussing specifics of the U.S. Clean Water Act. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act requires that an applicant for a federal license or permit provide a certification that any discharges from the facility will comply with the act, including water quality standard requirements. Disputes have arisen over the states' exercise of authority under Section 401. For the most part, the debate over the Section 401 certification issue has been between states and hydropower interests.

The Clean Water Act prescribes performance levels to be attained by municipal sewage treatment plants in order to prevent the discharge of harmful wastes into surface waters.

This report describes the statutory background of the Title V program and the status of implementation, in terms of federal approval of state and local permitting authorities and permit issuance. It also discusses broad policy issues identified by various stakeholders, including program complexity and costs, and inconsistencies due to a lack of sufficient federal guidance.

This report discusses the organization, funding, and goals of the FreedomCAR and Fuel partnerships, and issues for Congress.

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This report discusses the reconciliation under the congressional budget act of 1974 by which congress implements budget resolution policies affecting mainly permanent spending and revenue programs.

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This report examines the congressional budget process timetable, which is intended to ensure that Congress completes its work on budgetary legislation by the start of the fiscal year on October 1.

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This report provides an overview of this issue and implications for U.S.-China trade relations and will be updated as events warrant.

This report describes the characteristics of the Great Lakes, the interests they support, and possible threats to lake levels.

This report provides an overview of the categories and rules for committee assignments of the house committees.

This report is about the America COMPETES act and the budget for the fiscal year 2009.

This report provides a description of debt-for-nature transactions and a summary of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act.

This report contains an overview of the appeal process for veterans' claims.

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