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proceduralDec 11, 2025 · House roll call · procedural · Result: Failed

On Motion to Recommit — H R 3898 — PERMIT Act

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PERMIT Act

In plain language

  • This House bill from the 119th Congress is titled the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act, or the PERMIT Act.
  • Official subject tags include water quality, farmland, marine pollution, navigation, and solid waste.
  • The official summary says the bill would limit the scope of the Clean Water Act by redefining navigable waters to exclude waste treatment systems; ephemeral features that flow only in direct response to precipitation; prior converted cropland; groundwater; or any other features determined to be excluded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  • The record does not describe other Clean Water Act program changes beyond that redefinition as stated.
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

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.

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea210

Democrat: 210

Nay216

Independent: 1 · Republican: 215

Present0

Not Voting7

Democrat: 3 · Republican: 4

How each member voted (433)

Yea (210)

Nay (216)

Not Voting (7)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.