H.C.R. No. 24 Summary

• Encourages the United States Senate to pass legislation similar to H.R. 1732 requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its proposed clean water rule covering small streams, wetlands, and source waters.

• Opposes the EPA rule on grounds that it would increase regulatory burdens on farmers by requiring expensive permits for routine tasks and subjecting them to large fines for current drainage measures.

• Objects to the rule's expansion of federal power over waters as harmful to Ohio's economy, threatening jobs, creating costly litigation, and restricting landowners' property rights.

• Directs the House Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to the EPA Administrator, U.S. Senate leadership, Ohio's Congressional delegation, and Ohio news media.