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H.R. 3898: PERMIT Act
119th Congress · introduced 2025-06-11 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Official title
PERMIT Act
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Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act or the PERMIT Act This bill limits the scope of the Clean Water Act by redefining navigable waters to exclude (1) waste treatment systems, (2) ephemeral features that flow only in direct response to precipitation, (3) prior converted cropland, (4) groundwater, or (5) any other features determined to be excluded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] · 8 cosponsors
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Recorded votes
- House roll call 330 (2025): On Passage, H R 3898 (2025-12-11): Passed
- House roll call 329 (2025): On Motion to Recommit, H R 3898 (2025-12-11): Failed
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- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr3898.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>
Record fed-us-cong119-hr3898 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills