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                    FEBRUARY 1, 2024 
 
              RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 118-25   
              
       TEXT OF H.R. 7023, CREATING CONFIDENCE IN   
       
               CLEAN WATER PERMITTING ACT  

     [Showing the text of H.R. 7023, as ordered reported by the  
           Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]  

1  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  

2       This Act may be cited as the ``Creating Confidence  

3  in Clean Water Permitting Act''. 

4  SEC. 2. WATER QUALITY CRITERIA DEVELOPMENT AND 

5                TRANSPARENCY. 

6       (a) INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES.--Section  

7  304(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33  

8  U.S.C. 1314(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-

9  lowing:

10           ``(10) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.--After 

11     the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Admin- 

12     istrator shall issue any new or revised water quality 

13     criteria under paragraph (1) or (9) by rule.''. 

14     (b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND JUDICIAL  

15  REVIEW.--Section 509(b)(1) of the Federal Water Pollu-

16 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1369(b)(1)) is amended-- 

17             (1) by striking ``section 402, and'' and inserting   

18     ``section 402,''; and  




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