PERMIT Act passed the House 183 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedJun 11, 2025
ReportedJun 25, 2025
Passed one chamberDec 11, 2025
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 65 words.
Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act or the PERMIT Act This bill limits the scope of the Clean Water Act by redefining navigable waters to exclude (1) waste treatment systems, (2) ephemeral features that flow only in direct response to precipitation, (3) prior converted cropland, (4) groundwater, or (5) any other features determined to be excluded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Context
- Committees
- House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee - Policy area
- Environmental Protection: 29 of 2,191 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.3%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 23 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 4, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 8,276 words
- Subjects
- FarmlandMarine pollutionNavigation, waterways, harborsSeashores and lakeshoresSolid waste and recyclingWater quality
- Latest action
- Dec 15, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 2
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 2 in all.
Procedural (rules, motions) · 1
- 119th H.Res. 936 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect t R · Agreed to
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th H.R. 4135 To encourage States to participate with the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council's online dashboard for certain covered projects. R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]