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<dc:title>119 HR 2093 IH: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permitting terms, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-03-14</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 2093</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250314">March 14, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="C000059">Mr. Calvert</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="G000559">Mr. Garamendi</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="R000603">Mr. Rouzer</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HPW00">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permitting terms, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H0214E8335AB6484999565BDC0901142C" style="OLC"><section id="H244980548F71489E9DD2FDD25758D4ED" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>National pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) terms</header><subsection id="H515E08D439F54E6BAA92E5569205A986"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1342">33 U.S.C. 1342(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H631AEB1271254A3C9B5083F01BB20691" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H7719C0E447C04CBCB6F56165FF14E8CB" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are for fixed terms—</text><clause id="HACE38BE8969E4659977FE52160D96930"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not exceeding 10 years, for a permit issued to a State or municipality; and</text></clause><clause id="H58A2742D785A430F9D92CAC7F80F0F3A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not exceeding 5 years, for a permit issued to any person not described in clause (i); and</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="H98EB02F5CCB7479581A61E6B748132E6" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical corrections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402(<italic>l</italic>)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(<italic>l</italic>)(3)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HAF456EC8FE6E415080DFC9FC5F6BCA85" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subparagraph id="H620CADE145A345609B8C18EEA1B060CE" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 402</quote> and inserting <quote>this section</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H985082A9D283473C842D949220DDDB1A" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>federal</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal</quote>; and </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22EDEA879D464C66848135464450A6F8" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text><subparagraph id="H66D4340F31594F8E96B37A2262D17745" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Section</quote> and inserting <quote>section</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F894D89F9B843ECACFBD4FF0AB398E6" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>402(p)(6)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (p)(6)</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H654DCDFF4BE44616BEA3E4F9D139038F" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>402(l)(3)(A),</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (A),</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA51C5A4E3434736B07AFD1407CA3849" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>402(l)(3)(A).</quote> and inserting <quote>such subparagraph.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

