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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3928 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make changes with 
respect to water quality certification, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2025 
Mr. ROUZER 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 make 
changes with respect to water quality certification, 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 ‘‘Improving Water Qual-
ity Certifications and American Energy Infrastructure 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION. 
Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1341) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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sion to grant or deny a request for certifi-
cation shall be based only on 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 agency, or Adminis-
trator, as the case may be, shall identify in 
writing all specific additional materials or 
information that are necessary to grant or 
deny the request.’’; 
(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, by striking 
‘‘any water quality requirement’’ and in-
serting ‘‘any applicable provision of section 
301, 302, 303, 306, or 307’’; 
(iii) in the fifth sentence, by striking 
‘‘insure compliance with applicable water 
quality requirements.’’ and inserting ‘‘en-
sure compliance with the applicable provi-
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sions of sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 
307.’’; 
(iv) in the final sentence, by striking 
‘‘insure’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure’’; and 
(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 
notify the Administrator of the request.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), in the second sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘any 
applicable provision of section’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘applicable effluent limitations or other 
limitations or other applicable water qual-
ity requirements will not be violated’’ and 
inserting ‘‘no applicable provision of sec-
tion 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 (d), by striking ‘‘any applica-
ble effluent limitations and other limitations, under 
section 301 or 302 of this Act, standard of perform-
ance under section 306 of this Act, or prohibition, 
effluent standard, or pretreatment standard under 
section 307 of this Act, and with any other appro-
priate requirement of State law set forth in such 
certification, and’’ and inserting ‘‘the applicable pro-
visions of sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307, and 
any such limitations or requirements’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) For purposes of this section, the applicable pro-
visions of sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307 are any 
applicable effluent limitations and other limitations, under 
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section 301 or 302, standard of performance under section 
306, prohibition, effluent standard, or pretreatment stand-
ard under section 307, and requirement of State law im-
plementing water quality criteria under section 303 nec-
essary to support the designated use or uses of the receiv-
ing navigable waters.’’. 
Æ 
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