more fish and wildlife and worsening the quality of drinking water. (iv) Waters of the United States (I) On December 2, 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers jointly issued a guidance document, entitled Clean Water Act Jurisdiction Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Rapanos v. United States & Carabell v. United States . (II) The guidance described in subclause (I) dictates enforcement actions under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and calls for a complicated case-by-case analysis to determine jurisdiction for waterways that do not flow all year. (III) Enforcement actions described in subclause (II) endanger small streams and wetlands that serve as important habitats for aquatic life, which play a fundamental role in safeguarding sources of clean drinking water and mitigate the risks and effects of floods and droughts. (IV) The definition provided in the guidance described in subclause (I) for waters of the United States is applicable to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) as a whole, potentially affecting programs that control industrial pollution and sewage levels, prevent oil spills, and set water quality standards for all waters in the United States protected under that Act. (B) Forests and land management (i) Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (I) On December 3, 2003, the President signed into law the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) (referred to in this clause as the law ). (II) Although the law attempts to reduce the risk of catastrophic forest fires, the law provides a boon to timber companies by accelerating the aggressive thinning of backcountry forests that are located far from at-risk communities. (III) The law allows for increased logging of large, fire-resistant trees that are not in close proximity to homes and communities. (IV) The law undermines critical protections for endangered species by exempting Federal land management agencies from consulting with