I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3934 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require States to 
hold public hearings to review water quality standards applicable to 
a body of water into which a municipal combined storm and sanitary 
sewer discharges, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2025 
Mr. SHREVE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require 
States to hold public hearings to review water quality 
standards applicable to a body of water into which a 
municipal combined storm and sanitary sewer discharges, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Quality Stand-
ards Attainability Act’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:14 Jun 11, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3934.IH
H3934
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO STATE WATER QUALITY STAND-
ARDS REVIEW REQUIREMENTS. 
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 303(c) (33 U.S.C. 1313(c))— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The Governor of a 
State’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)The Governor of 
a State’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Results of such re-
view shall be made available to the Admin-
istrator.’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) Reviews under this paragraph shall include re-
view of any water quality standard applicable to a body 
of water into which, pursuant to a permit, order, or decree 
issued pursuant to this Act, a municipal combined storm 
and sanitary sewer discharges, including review for pur-
poses of ensuring that combined sewer overflow controls 
are cost effective. 
‘‘(C) Results of each review under this paragraph 
shall be made available to the Administrator.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘their use 
and value for public water supplies’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, and also taking into 
consideration’’ and inserting ‘‘; (ii)’’; and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:14 Jun 11, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3934.IH
H3934
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
(iii) by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘; and (iii) the cost 
and commercial availability of treatment 
technologies that may be required to be ap-
plied to point sources in order to result in 
compliance with such standards’’. 
(2) in section 304(a) (33 U.S.C. 1314(a)), by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) CONSIDERATION OF TREATMENT TECH-
NOLOGIES.—In developing or revising water quality 
criteria under this subsection, the Administrator 
shall take into consideration the cost and commer-
cial availability of treatment technologies that may 
be required to be applied to point sources in order 
to result in compliance with water quality standards 
adopted or promulgated under section 303.’’. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
23:14 Jun 11, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H3934.IH
H3934
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS