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Union Calendar No. 145 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3898 
[Report No. 119–180] 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms 
with respect to waters of the United States and other matters, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2025 
Mr. COLLINS (for himself and Mr. GRAVES) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
JULY 2, 2025 
Additional sponsors: Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. HURD of Colorado, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. CRAWFORD, and Mr. TAYLOR 
JULY 2, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 11, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make 
targeted reforms with respect to waters of the United 
States and other matters, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pro-
moting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today 
Act’’ or the ‘‘PERMIT Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Water quality standards attainability. 
Sec. 3. Water quality criteria development and transparency. 
Sec. 4. Water quality technology availability. 
Sec. 5. Improving water quality certifications and American energy infrastruc-
ture. 
Sec. 6. Clarifying Federal general permits. 
Sec. 7. NPDES permit terms. 
Sec. 8. Confidence in clean water permits. 
Sec. 9. Forest protection and wildland firefighter safety. 
Sec. 10. Agricultural stormwater discharge. 
Sec. 11. Reducing regulatory burdens. 
Sec. 12. Reducing permitting uncertainty. 
Sec. 13. Nationwide permitting improvement. 
Sec. 14. Deadline for request for submission of additional information for permit 
programs for dredged or fill material. 
Sec. 15. Judicial review timeline clarity. 
Sec. 16. Restoring federalism in clean water permitting. 
Sec. 17. Jurisdictional determination backlog reduction. 
Sec. 18. Definition of navigable waters. 
Sec. 19. Applicability of Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule. 
Sec. 20. Coordination with Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council. 
Sec. 21. Sense of Congress on Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. 
SEC. 2. WATER QUALITY STANDARDS ATTAINABILITY. 
(a) STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.—Section 
303(c) (33 U.S.C. 1313(c)) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘The Governor of a State’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(A) The Governor of a State’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Results of such review shall 
be made available to the Administrator.’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) Reviews under this paragraph shall include re-
view, for purposes of ensuring that combined sewer overflow 
controls are cost effective, 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 mu-
nicipal combined storm and sanitary sewer discharges. 
‘‘(C) Results of each review under this paragraph shall 
be made available to the Administrator.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘their use and 
value for public water supplies’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘, and also taking into con-
sideration’’ and inserting ‘‘; (ii)’’; and 
(C) by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ‘‘; and (iii) the cost and commer-
cial availability in the United States of treat-
ment technologies (including whether the tech-
nologies have been demonstrated at an applicable 
scale) that may be required to be applied to 
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point sources in order to result in compliance 
with such standards’’. 
(b) STATE
WATER
QUALITY
CRITERIA.—Section 
304(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1314(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing 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 commercial 
availability in the United States of treatment tech-
nologies (including whether the technologies have been 
demonstrated at an applicable scale) that may be re-
quired to be applied to point sources in order to result 
in compliance with water quality standards adopted 
or promulgated under section 303.’’. 
SEC. 3. WATER QUALITY CRITERIA DEVELOPMENT AND 
TRANSPARENCY. 
(a) INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES.—Section 304(a) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1314(a)) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(11) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.—After the 
date of enactment of this paragraph, the Adminis-
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nology (including whether the technology has been 
demonstrated at an applicable scale),’’ before ‘‘and 
such other factors’’. 
SEC. 5. IMPROVING WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATIONS AND 
AMERICAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. 
Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1341) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘may result’’ and inserting ‘‘may directly 
result’’; 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘activity’’ and inserting ‘‘discharge’’; 
(iii) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘applications’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘requests’’; 
(iv) in the fifth sentence, by striking 
‘‘act on a request for certification, within a 
reasonable period of time (which shall not 
exceed one year) after receipt of such re-
quest, the certification requirements of this 
subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘grant the request 
for certification with or without conditions, 
deny the request for certification, or waive 
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the requirement for certification under this 
subsection with respect to such Federal ap-
plication, within a reasonable period of 
time to be determined by the licensing or 
permitting agency (which shall not exceed 
one year) after receipt of such request, the 
requirement for certification under this sub-
section’’; 
(v) in the sixth sentence, by striking 
‘‘waived as provided in the preceding sen-
tence’’ and inserting ‘‘waived under this 
paragraph’’; and 
(vi) by inserting after the fourth sen-
tence the following: ‘‘Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of the PERMIT 
Act, each State and interstate agency that 
has authority to give such a certification, 
and the Administrator, shall publish re-
quirements for certification to demonstrate 
to such State, such interstate agency, or the 
Administrator, as the case may be, compli-
ance with the applicable provisions of sec-
tions 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307. A deci-
sion to grant or deny a request for certifi-
cation shall be based only on compliance 
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with the applicable provisions of sections 
301, 302, 303, 306, and 307, and the 
grounds for the decision shall be set forth in 
writing and provided to the applicant. Not 
later than 90 days after receipt of a request 
for certification, the State, interstate agen-
cy, or Administrator, as the case may be, 
shall identify in writing all specific addi-
tional materials or information necessary 
for the request for certification to be com-
plete, as described in subsection (g). The 
State, interstate agency, or the Adminis-
trator, as the case may be, may grant a re-
quest for certification with or without con-
ditions, deny a request for certification, or 
waive the requirement for certification 
under this subsection with respect to such 
Federal application.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘notice of application for such Federal li-
cense or permit’’ and inserting ‘‘receipt of a 
notice under the preceding sentence’’; 
(ii) in the third sentence— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘any water quality 
requirement in such State’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘any water quality standard in ef-
fect for the State under section 303’’; 
and 
(II) by inserting before the period 
‘‘at a time that is agreed to by such 
State and the applicant’’; 
(iii) in the fifth sentence, by striking 
‘‘insure compliance with applicable water 
quality requirements.’’ and inserting ‘‘en-
sure compliance with the applicable provi-
sions of sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 
307.’’; 
(iv) in the final sentence, by striking 
‘‘insure’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure’’; 
(v) by striking the first sentence and 
inserting ‘‘On receipt of a request for cer-
tification, the certifying State or interstate 
agency, as applicable, shall immediately no-
tify the Administrator of the request.’’; and 
(vi) by inserting after the second sen-
tence the following: ‘‘If the Administrator 
determines under the preceding sentence 
that such a discharge will not affect the 
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waters of any other State, no such notifica-
tion is required.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘there will be compliance’’ and inserting 
‘‘any such discharge will comply’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘any applicable 
provision of section’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in the first sentence— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘directly’’ before 
‘‘result in any discharge’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘applicable efflu-
ent limitations or other limitations or 
other applicable water quality require-
ments will not be violated’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘no applicable provision of section 
301, 302, 303, 306, or 307 will be vio-
lated’’; 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘will violate applicable effluent limitations 
or other limitations or other water quality 
requirements’’ and inserting ‘‘will directly 
result in a discharge that violates an appli-
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cable provision of section 301, 302, 303, 
306, or 307,’’; and 
(iii) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘such facility or activity will not violate the 
applicable provisions’’ and inserting ‘‘oper-
ation of such facility or activity will not di-
rectly result in a discharge that violates any 
applicable provision’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the ap-
plicable provisions’’ and inserting ‘‘any applica-
ble provision’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Nothing in 
this section’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 
subsection (e), nothing in this section’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘applicant for 
a Federal license or permit will comply with any ap-
plicable effluent limitations and other limitations, 
under section 301 or 302 of this Act, standard of per-
formance under section 306 of this Act, or prohibi-
tion, effluent standard, or pretreatment standard 
under section 307 of this Act, and with any other ap-
propriate requirement of State law set forth in such 
certification, and shall become a condition on any 
Federal license or permit subject to the provisions of 
this section’’ and inserting ‘‘discharge subject to this 
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section will comply with the applicable provisions of 
sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307, and any such 
limitations or requirements shall be imposed by the 
licensing or permitting agency as a condition on any 
Federal license or permit subject to the provisions of 
this section’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) Notwithstanding section 505, any condition im-
posed on a Federal license or permit by a licensing or per-
mitting agency under this section may be enforced only by 
such licensing or permitting agency. 
‘‘(f) For purposes of this section, the applicable provi-
sions of sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307 are any appli-
cable effluent limitations and other limitations under sec-
tion 301 or 302, any water quality standard in effect for 
a State under section 303, any standard of performance 
under section 306, and any prohibition, effluent standard, 
or pretreatment standard under section 307. 
‘‘(g) A request for certification under this section shall 
be made in writing to the State, interstate agency, or Ad-
ministrator, as the case may be. A complete request for cer-
tification shall consist of the following: 
‘‘(1) Identification of each applicant for the Fed-
eral license or permit with respect to which the cer-
tification is requested. 
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‘‘(2) A statement that information included in 
the request for certification is truthful, accurate, and 
complete, to the best knowledge of each such applicant. 
‘‘(3) In the case of a request for certification 
with respect to an individual permit or license— 
‘‘(A) identification of the Federal license or 
permit that is the subject of the application with 
respect to which the certification is requested; 
‘‘(B) identification of any activity the con-
duct of which is subject to such Federal license 
or permit; 
‘‘(C) identification of the location and na-
ture of any discharge that may directly result 
from such activity, and the location of the receiv-
ing waters; 
‘‘(D) a description of means that may be 
used to monitor, control, or manage any such 
discharge; and 
‘‘(E) a list of all other Federal, interstate, 
Tribal, State, or local agency authorizations re-
quired for the conduct of such activity, and any 
approval or denial of such an authorization al-
ready received. 
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‘‘(4) In the case of a request for certification 
with respect to the issuance of a general license or 
general permit— 
‘‘(A) identification of the proposed cat-
egories of activities to be covered by the general 
license or general permit for which certification 
is requested; 
‘‘(B) a description of the proposed general 
license or general permit, which may include a 
draft of the proposed general license or permit; 
and 
‘‘(C) an estimate of the number of dis-
charges expected to result from the proposed gen-
eral license or general permit annually.’’. 
SEC. 6. CLARIFYING FEDERAL GENERAL PERMITS. 
Section 402(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(6) GENERAL PERMITS.— 
‘‘(A) PERMITS AUTHORIZED.—The Admin-
istrator may issue general permits under this 
section on a State, regional, or nationwide basis, 
or for a delineated area, for discharges associated 
with any category of activities, which discharges 
are of similar types and from similar sources. 
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‘‘(B) PERMIT
EXPIRATION
NOTIFICATION 
REQUIREMENT.—If a general permit issued 
under this section will expire and the Adminis-
trator decides not to issue a new general permit 
for discharges similar to those covered by the ex-
piring general permit, the Administrator shall 
publish in the Federal Register a notice of such 
decision at least two years prior to the expira-
tion of the general permit. 
‘‘(C) APPLICATION OF PERMIT TERMS OF AN 
EXPIRED PERMIT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a general permit 
issued under this section expires and the 
Administrator has not published a notice in 
accordance with subparagraph (B), the Ad-
ministrator shall, until the date described 
in clause (ii)— 
‘‘(I) continue to apply the terms, 
conditions, and requirements of the ex-
pired general permit to any discharge 
that was covered by the expired general 
permit; and 
‘‘(II) apply such terms, condi-
tions, and requirements to any dis-
charge that would have been covered by 
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the expired general permit (in accord-
ance with any relevant requirements 
for such coverage) if the discharge had 
occurred before such expiration. 
‘‘(ii) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date de-
scribed in this clause is the earlier of— 
‘‘(I) the date on which the Admin-
istrator issues a new general permit 
for discharges similar to those covered 
by the expired general permit; or 
‘‘(II) the date that is two years 
after the date on which the Adminis-
trator publishes in the Federal Register 
a notice of a decision not to issue a 
new general permit for discharges 
similar to those covered by the expired 
general permit.’’. 
SEC. 7. NPDES PERMIT TERMS. 
Section 402(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(b)(1)(B)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘five years’’ and inserting ‘‘ten years’’. 
SEC. 8. CONFIDENCE IN CLEAN WATER PERMITS. 
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH PERMITS.—Section 402(k) of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1342(k)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘(k) Compliance with’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(k) COMPLIANCE WITH PERMITS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
compliance with’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) SCOPE.—For purposes of paragraph (1), 
compliance with the conditions of a permit issued 
under this section shall be considered compliance with 
respect to a discharge of— 
‘‘(A) any pollutant for which an effluent 
limitation is included in the permit; and 
‘‘(B) any pollutant for which an effluent 
limitation is not included in the permit that 
is— 
‘‘(i) specifically identified as controlled 
or monitored through indicator parameters 
in the permit, the fact sheet for the permit, 
or the administrative record relating to the 
permit; 
‘‘(ii) specifically identified during the 
permit application process as present in 
discharges to which the permit will apply; 
or 
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‘‘(iii) whether or not specifically iden-
tified in the permit or during the permit 
application process— 
‘‘(I) present in any waste streams 
or processes of the point source to 
which the permit applies, which waste 
streams or processes are specifically 
identified during the permit applica-
tion process; or 
‘‘(II) otherwise within the scope of 
any operations of the point source to 
which the permit applies, which scope 
of operations is specifically identified 
during the permit application proc-
ess.’’. 
(b) EXPRESSION OF WATER QUALITY-BASED EFFLU-
ENT LIMITATIONS.—Section 402 of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(t) EXPRESSION OF WATER QUALITY-BASED EFFLU-
ENT LIMITATIONS.—If the Administrator (or a State, in the 
case of a permit program approved by the Administrator) 
determines that a water quality-based limitation on a dis-
charge of a pollutant is necessary to include in a permit 
under this section in addition to any appropriate tech-
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nology-based effluent limitations included in such permit, 
the Administrator (or the State) may include such water 
quality-based limitation in such permit only in the form 
of a limitation that— 
‘‘(1) specifies the pollutant to which it applies; 
and 
‘‘(2) clearly describes the manner in which com-
pliance with the limitation may be achieved, which 
shall include— 
‘‘(A) a numerical limit on the discharge of 
such pollutant; 
‘‘(B) a narrative description of required ac-
tions to be applied to the discharge (including 
any measures or practices required to be ap-
plied); or 
‘‘(C) a narrative description of a limitation 
on the discharge that specifies the level of control 
to be applied.’’. 
SEC. 9. FOREST PROTECTION AND WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER 
SAFETY. 
Section 402(l)(3)(A) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(l)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for a discharge from’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘for— 
‘‘(i) a discharge from’’; 
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(2) in clause (i) (as so designated), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) a discharge resulting from the 
aerial application of a product used for fire 
control and suppression purposes that ap-
pears on the most current Forest Service 
Qualified Products List (or any successor 
list).’’. 
SEC. 10. AGRICULTURAL STORMWATER DISCHARGE. 
Section 402(l) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(l)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(4) 
AGRICULTURAL
STORMWATER
DIS-
CHARGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall not require a permit, nor directly or indi-
rectly require any State to require a permit, 
under this section for discharges of stormwater, 
including from subsurface drainage, from agri-
cultural land that occur in direct response to a 
precipitation event. 
‘‘(B) AGRICULTURAL
LAND
DEFINED.—In 
this paragraph, the term ‘agricultural land’ in-
cludes— 
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‘‘(i) land on which an agricultural 
input (such as manure and other crop nu-
trients, crop protection, or seed) is applied; 
‘‘(ii) land on which animals (including 
fish and shellfish), crops (including fruit 
and nut trees), crop residue, plants, seed, or 
vegetation are present for purposes of farm-
ing or ranching; and 
‘‘(iii) land that is— 
‘‘(I) immediately adjacent to, and 
functionally related to, land described 
in clause (i) or (ii); and 
‘‘(II) necessary to support agricul-
tural production, soil conservation, 
flood control, or water quality.’’. 
SEC. 11. REDUCING REGULATORY BURDENS. 
Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1342) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(u) DISCHARGES OF PESTICIDES.— 
‘‘(1) NO PERMIT REQUIREMENT.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), a permit shall not be re-
quired by the Administrator or a State under this Act 
for a discharge from a point source into navigable 
waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, 
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or use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, re-
sulting from the application of such pesticide. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to the following discharges of a pesticide or pes-
ticide residue: 
‘‘(A) A discharge resulting from the appli-
cation of a pesticide in violation of a provision 
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act that is relevant to protecting 
water quality, if— 
‘‘(i) the discharge would not have oc-
curred but for the violation; or 
‘‘(ii) the amount of pesticide or pes-
ticide residue in the discharge is greater 
than would have occurred without the viola-
tion. 
‘‘(B) Stormwater discharges subject to regu-
lation under subsection (p). 
‘‘(C) The following discharges subject to reg-
ulation under this section: 
‘‘(i) Manufacturing or industrial efflu-
ent. 
‘‘(ii) Treatment works effluent. 
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‘‘(iii) Discharges incidental to the nor-
mal operation of a vessel, including a dis-
charge resulting from ballasting operations 
or vessel biofouling prevention.’’. 
SEC. 12. REDUCING PERMITTING UNCERTAINTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(c) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(c) The Administrator’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(c) SPECIFICATION OR USE OF DEFINED AREA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by insert-
ing ‘‘during the period described in paragraph (2) 
and’’ before ‘‘after notice and opportunity for public 
hearings’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) PERIOD OF PROHIBITION.—The period dur-
ing which the Administrator may prohibit the speci-
fication (including the withdrawal of specification) of 
any defined area as a disposal site, or deny or re-
strict the use of any defined area for specification (in-
cluding the withdrawal of specification) as a disposal 
site, under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) begin on the date on which an appli-
cant submits all the information required to 
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complete an application for a permit under this 
section; and 
‘‘(B) end on the date on which the Secretary 
issues the permit.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to a permit application submitted 
under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 13. NATIONWIDE PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(e) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(e)(1) In carrying’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(e) GENERAL PERMITS.— 
‘‘(1) PERMITS AUTHORIZED.—In carrying’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(2) No general’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) TERM.—No general’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting 
‘‘ten years’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining the en-
vironmental effects of an activity under paragraph 
(1) or (2), the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall consider only the effects of any 
discharge of dredged or fill material resulting 
from such activity; 
‘‘(B) shall consider any effects of a dis-
charge of dredged or fill material into less than 
3 acres of navigable waters to be a minimal ad-
verse environmental effect; and 
‘‘(C) may consider any effects of a discharge 
of dredged or fill material into 3 acres or more 
of navigable waters to be a minimal adverse en-
vironmental effect. 
‘‘(4) 
NATIONWIDE
PERMITS
FOR
LINEAR 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this section, the Secretary 
shall maintain general permits on a nationwide 
basis for— 
‘‘(i) linear infrastructure projects that 
result in a discharge of dredged or fill mate-
rial into less than 3 acres of navigable 
waters for each single and complete project; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) linear pipeline projects that do 
not result in the loss of navigable waters in 
an amount that is greater than 0.5 acres for 
each single and complete project. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) 
LINEAR
INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECT.—The term ‘linear infrastructure 
project’ means a project to carry out any 
activity required for the construction, ex-
pansion, maintenance, modification, or re-
moval of infrastructure and associated fa-
cilities for the transmission from a point of 
origin to a terminal point of communica-
tions or electricity, or for the transportation 
from a point of origin to a terminal point 
of people, water, or wastewater. 
‘‘(ii) LINEAR PIPELINE PROJECT.—The 
term ‘linear pipeline project’ means a 
project to carry out any activity required 
for the construction, expansion, mainte-
nance, modification, or removal of infra-
structure and associated facilities for the 
transportation from a point of origin to a 
terminal point of carbon dioxide, fuel, or 
hydrocarbons, in the form of a liquid, li-
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quescent, gaseous, or slurry substance or 
supercritical fluid, including oil and gas 
pipeline facilities. 
‘‘(iii) 
SINGLE
AND
COMPLETE 
PROJECT.—The term ‘single and complete 
project’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 330.2 of title 33, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of en-
actment of this paragraph). 
‘‘(5) REISSUANCE OF NATIONWIDE PERMITS.—In 
determining whether to reissue a general permit 
issued under this subsection on a nationwide basis— 
‘‘(A) no consultation with an applicable 
State pursuant to section 6(a) of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535(a)) is re-
quired; 
‘‘(B) no consultation with a Federal agency 
pursuant to section 7(a)(2) of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) is required; and 
‘‘(C) the requirements of section 102(2)(C) 
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) shall be satisfied by 
preparing an environmental assessment with re-
spect to such general permit.’’. 
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(b) REGULATORY REVISIONS REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
shall expeditiously revise the regulations applicable to car-
rying out section 404(e) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) in order to streamline the 
processes for issuing general permits under such section to 
promote efficient and consistent implementation of such sec-
tion. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONWIDE PERMIT PRO-
GRAM.—In carrying out section 404(e) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344), including in revis-
ing regulations under subsection (b) of this section, the Sec-
retary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
may not finalize or implement any modification to— 
(1) general condition 15 (relating to single and 
complete projects), as included in the final rule titled 
‘‘Reissuance and Modification of Nationwide Per-
mits’’ and published on January 13, 2021, by the De-
partment of the Army, Corps of Engineers (86 Fed. 
Reg. 2868); 
(2) the definition of the term ‘‘single and com-
plete linear project’’, as included in such final rule 
(86 Fed. Reg. 2877); or 
(3) the definition of the term ‘‘single and com-
plete project’’, as included in section 330.2 of title 33, 
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Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act). 
SEC. 14. DEADLINE FOR REQUEST FOR SUBMISSION OF AD-
DITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PERMIT PRO-
GRAMS FOR DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL. 
Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1344) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) If the Administrator determines that additional 
information is necessary for the description of a program 
submitted by a State to be full and complete under para-
graph (1), the Administrator shall, not later than 45 days 
after the date of the receipt of the program and statement 
submitted by the State under such paragraph, submit to 
the State a written request for all such information.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(1) of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(g)(1)’’. 
SEC. 15. JUDICIAL REVIEW TIMELINE CLARITY. 
Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1344) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (t) as subsection 
(u); 
(2) in subsection (u), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘Nothing in the section’’ and inserting ‘‘SAV-
INGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (s) the following: 
‘‘(t) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) 
STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS.—Notwith-
standing any applicable provision of law relating to 
statutes of limitations— 
‘‘(A) an action seeking judicial review of the 
approval by the Administrator of a State permit 
program pursuant to this section shall be filed 
not later than the date that is 60 days after the 
date on which the approval was issued; 
‘‘(B) an action seeking judicial review of an 
individual permit or general permit issued 
under this section shall be filed not later than 
the date that is 60 days after the date on which 
the permit was issued; and 
‘‘(C) an action seeking judicial review of a 
verification that an activity involving a dis-
charge of dredged or fill material is authorized 
by a general permit issued under this section 
shall be filed not later than the date that is 60 
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days after the date on which such verification 
was issued. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON COMMENCEMENT OF CER-
TAIN ACTIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, no action described in subparagraph (A) or 
(B) of paragraph (1) may be commenced unless the 
action— 
‘‘(A) is filed by a party that submitted a 
comment— 
‘‘(i) during the public comment period 
for the administrative proceedings related to 
the action; and 
‘‘(ii) which was sufficiently detailed to 
put the Administrator, the Secretary, or the 
State, as applicable, on notice of the issue 
upon which the party seeks judicial review; 
and 
‘‘(B) is related to such comment. 
‘‘(3) REMEDIES.— 
‘‘(A) ACTIONS RELATING TO PERMIT PRO-
GRAMS.—If a court determines that the Adminis-
trator did not comply with the requirements of 
this section in issuing an approval of a State 
permit program pursuant to this section— 
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‘‘(i) the court shall remand the matter 
to the Administrator for further proceedings 
consistent with the determination of the 
court; and 
‘‘(ii) the court may not vacate, revoke, 
enjoin, or otherwise limit the authority of 
the State to issue permits under such State 
permit program. 
‘‘(B) ACTIONS RELATING TO PERMITS.—If a 
court determines that the Secretary or the State, 
as applicable, did not comply with the require-
ments of this section in issuing an individual or 
general permit under this section, or in verifying 
that an activity involving a discharge of dredged 
or fill material is authorized by a general permit 
issued under this section, as applicable— 
‘‘(i) the court shall remand the matter 
to the Secretary or the State, as applicable, 
for further proceedings consistent with the 
determination of the court; 
‘‘(ii) with respect to a determination 
regarding the issuance of an individual or 
general permit under this section, the court 
may not vacate, revoke, enjoin, or otherwise 
limit the permit, unless the court finds that 
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activities authorized under the permit 
would present an imminent and substantial 
danger to human health or the environment 
for which there is no other equitable remedy 
available under the law; and 
‘‘(iii) with respect to a determination 
regarding a verification that an activity in-
volving a discharge of dredged or fill mate-
rial is authorized by a general permit 
issued under this section, the court may not 
enjoin or otherwise limit the discharge un-
less the court finds that the activity would 
present an imminent and substantial dan-
ger to human health or the environment for 
which there is no other equitable remedy 
available under the law. 
‘‘(4) TIMELINE TO ACT ON COURT ORDER.—If a 
court remands a matter under paragraph (3), the 
court shall set and enforce a reasonable schedule and 
deadline, which may not exceed 180 days from the 
date on which the court remands such matter, except 
as otherwise required by law, for the Administrator, 
the Secretary, or the State, as applicable, to take such 
actions as the court may order.’’. 
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SEC. 16. RESTORING FEDERALISM IN CLEAN WATER PER-
MITTING. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency shall complete a review of the regulations ap-
plicable to the approval of State permit programs under 
section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1344) in order to identify revisions to such regula-
tions necessary to streamline the approval process, reduce 
administrative burdens, and encourage additional States to 
administer a permit program under such section, and the 
Administrator shall implement any such revisions as ap-
propriate. 
SEC. 17. JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION BACKLOG RE-
DUCTION. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 
of Engineers, shall expedite such procedures and reallocate 
or augment such personnel and resources of the Corps of 
Engineers as the Secretary determines necessary to elimi-
nate any backlog existing as of June 5, 2025, of— 
(1) applications for permits under section 404 of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344); or 
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(2) requests for jurisdictional determinations or 
wetlands delineations under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 18. DEFINITION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS. 
Section 502(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1362(7)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(7) The term’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(7) NAVIGABLE WATERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘navigable 
waters’ does not include the following: 
‘‘(i) Any component of a waste treat-
ment system, including any lagoon or treat-
ment pond (such as a settling or cooling 
pond), designed to actively or passively— 
‘‘(I) convey or retain wastewater; 
or 
‘‘(II) concentrate, settle, reduce, or 
remove pollutants from wastewater. 
‘‘(ii) Ephemeral features that flow only 
in direct response to precipitation. 
‘‘(iii) Any area that— 
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‘‘(I) prior to December 23, 1985, 
was drained or otherwise manipulated 
for the purpose, or having the effect, of 
making production of an agricultural 
product possible, as determined by the 
Administrator and the Secretary of the 
Army, acting through the Chief of En-
gineers, which determinations shall be 
consistent with any designations of 
prior converted cropland made by the 
Secretary of Agriculture; and 
‘‘(II) as determined by the Ad-
ministrator— 
‘‘(aa) at least once in the im-
mediately preceding five years has 
been used for, or in support of, 
agricultural purposes, including 
grazing, haying, idling land for 
conservation use (such as habitat 
management, pollinator and wild-
life management, water storage 
and supply management, and 
flood 
management), 
irrigation 
tailwater storage, farm-raised fish 
production, cranberry production, 
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nutrient retention, and idling 
land for soil recovery after nat-
ural disasters such as hurricanes 
and drought; and 
‘‘(bb) has not reverted to wet-
lands (as defined in section 120.2 
of title 40, Code of Federal Regu-
lations, as in effect on the date of 
enactment of this clause). 
‘‘(iv) Groundwater. 
‘‘(v) Any other features determined to 
be excluded by the Administrator and the 
Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers.’’. 
SEC. 19. APPLICABILITY OF SPILL PREVENTION, CONTROL, 
AND COUNTERMEASURE RULE. 
Section 1049 of the Water Resources Reform and De-
velopment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 1361 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
‘‘20,000’’ and inserting ‘‘42,000’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (2)(A) to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘(A) an aggregate aboveground storage ca-
pacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 
42,000 gallons; and’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(A) with an aggregate aboveground storage 
capacity of less than or equal to 10,000 gallons; 
and’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and 
(D) by striking paragraph (4); 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘1,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘1,320’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2,500’’ and 
inserting ‘‘3,000’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (d). 
SEC. 20. COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL PERMITTING IM-
PROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL. 
With respect to any covered project (as defined under 
section 41001 of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m)) for 
which a certification or permit from a State under section 
401, 402, or 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act is required, the State is encouraged to choose to partici-
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pate, to the maximum extent practicable, in the environ-
mental review and authorization process under section 
41003(c) of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m–2(c)), pursu-
ant to paragraph (3)(A) of such section. 
SEC. 21. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CHESAPEAKE BAY WA-
TERSHED AGREEMENT. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Chesapeake Bay 
Watershed Agreement is a voluntary, cooperative agreement 
between the Federal Government, the State of Delaware, the 
District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania, the State of New York, the Com-
monwealth of Virginia, and the State of West Virginia. As 
such, the Federal Government should take a collaborative 
and cooperative approach to the parties with regard to their 
compliance with the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum 
Daily Load outlined in such agreement. 
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Union Calendar No. 145 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3898 
[Report No. 119–180] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
to make targeted reforms with respect to waters 
of the United States and other matters, and for 
other purposes. 
JULY 2, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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