HR 3898 · PERMIT Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Introduced
- Jun 11, 2025
- Latest action
- Dec 15, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Mike Collins [R-GA-10]
- Policy area
- Environmental Protection
- Cosponsors
- 8
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.
Recent actions
- Dec 15, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Dec 11, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 11, 2025 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 205 (Roll no. 330).
- Dec 11, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 205 (Roll no. 330).
- Dec 11, 2025 On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 210 - 216 (Roll no. 329).
- Dec 11, 2025 The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
- Dec 11, 2025 Ms. McDonald Rivet moved to recommit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. (text: CR H5793)
- Dec 11, 2025 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5793-5794)
Votes
- On Passage Passed · Dec 11, 2025, 7:55 PM
- On Motion to Recommit Failed · Dec 11, 2025, 7:49 PM