119 HR 5445 IH: Federal-State Partnership for Clean Water Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-09-17 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. 5445IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 17, 2025Ms. Scholten (for herself, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. McDonald Rivet, and Mrs. McIver) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize Federal-State clean water program development and implementation authorities, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Federal-State Partnership for Clean Water Act of 2025.

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Wetlands program development and implementation grants

Section 104(u) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(u)) is amended— (1)by striking $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 and inserting $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030; and (2)by inserting , and not less than $100,000,000 each fiscal year shall be used for the development and implementation by States, interstate agencies, or municipalities (including Indian tribes) of programs to protect, manage, or restore wetlands, including the development and implementation of programs pursuant to section 404 before the period at the end.

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State management assistance

(a)

Authorization of appropriations

Section 106(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1256(a)) is amended— (1)by striking and at the end of paragraph (1); and (2)by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3)such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2025; and (4)$500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030;. (b)

Technical amendment

Section 106(e) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1256(e)) is amended by striking Beginning in fiscal year 1974 the and inserting The.