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PERMIT Act

HR 3898 · In committee · last action December 15, 2025

<p><strong>Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act or the PERMIT Act</strong></p><p>This bill limits the scope of the Clean Water Act by redefining <em>navigable waters</em> 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.</p>

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Mike Collins (R-GA)

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Official summary

<p><strong>Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act or the PERMIT Act</strong></p><p>This bill limits the scope of the Clean Water Act by redefining <em>navigable waters</em> 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.</p>