119 HR 3935 IH: Reducing Permitting Uncertainty Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-06-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 3935IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJune 11, 2025Mr. Stauber introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo 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.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reducing Permitting Uncertainty Act.

2.

Reducing permitting uncertainty

(a)

In general

Section 404(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 section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) after the date of enactment of this Act.