H.R. 3898
PERMIT Act
In plain language
Narrows which waters the Clean Water Act covers by excluding five things from the definition of "navigable waters": waste treatment systems, streams and ditches that flow only after rain, former wetlands now used as cropland, groundwater, and anything else the Army Corps of Engineers decides to exclude.
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Official summary
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.
Full text and status on Congress.gov
Roll calls on this measure (2)
- On Passage: H.R. 3898: PERMIT Act (House, Dec 11, 2025; Passed)
- On Motion to Recommit: H.R. 3898: PERMIT Act (House, Dec 11, 2025; Failed)