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Jun 11, 2025
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Environmental Protection
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Jun 13, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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Jun 13, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Jun 11, 2025
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Introduced in House
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Jun 11, 2025
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Jun 11, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:19 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3935 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3935
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the
period during which areas may be prohibited from being specified as
disposal sites for dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 11, 2025
Mr. Stauber introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the
period during which areas may be prohibited from being specified as
disposal sites for dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3935 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3935
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the
period during which areas may be prohibited from being specified as
disposal sites for dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 11, 2025
Mr. Stauber introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the
period during which areas may be prohibited from being specified as
disposal sites for dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Permitting Uncertainty
Act''.
SEC. 2.
(a) In General.--
Section 404
(c) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.
(c) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344
(c) ) is amended--
(1) by striking ``
(c) The Administrator'' and inserting the
following:
``
(c) Specification or Use of Defined Area.--
``
(1) In general.--The Administrator'';
(2) in paragraph
(1) , as so designated, by inserting
``during the period described in paragraph
(2) and'' before
``after notice and opportunity for public hearings''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``
(2) Period of prohibition.--The period during which the
Administrator may prohibit the specification (including the
withdrawal of specification) of any defined area as a disposal
site, or deny or restrict the use of any defined area for
specification (including the withdrawal of specification) as a
disposal site, under paragraph
(1) shall--
``
(A) begin on the date on which an applicant
submits all the information required to complete an
application for a permit under this section; and
``
(B) end on the date on which the Secretary issues
the permit.''.
(b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection
(a) shall
apply to a permit application submitted under
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344
(c) ) is amended--
(1) by striking ``
(c) The Administrator'' and inserting the
following:
``
(c) Specification or Use of Defined Area.--
``
(1) In general.--The Administrator'';
(2) in paragraph
(1) , as so designated, by inserting
``during the period described in paragraph
(2) and'' before
``after notice and opportunity for public hearings''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``
(2) Period of prohibition.--The period during which the
Administrator may prohibit the specification (including the
withdrawal of specification) of any defined area as a disposal
site, or deny or restrict the use of any defined area for
specification (including the withdrawal of specification) as a
disposal site, under paragraph
(1) shall--
``
(A) begin on the date on which an applicant
submits all the information required to complete an
application for a permit under this section; and
``
(B) end on the date on which the Secretary issues
the permit.''.
(b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection
(a) shall
apply to a permit application submitted under
section 404 of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) after the date of
enactment of this Act.
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enactment of this Act.
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