[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3899 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3899

   To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to 
  general permits under the national pollutant discharge elimination 
                    system, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2025

 Mr. Collins introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to 
  general permits under the national pollutant discharge elimination 
                    system, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clarifying Federal General Permits 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL GENERAL PERMITS.

    Section 402(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1342(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(6)(A) The Administrator may issue general permits under this 
section on a State, regional, or nationwide basis, or for a delineated 
area, for discharges associated with any category of activities, which 
discharges are of similar types and from similar sources.
    ``(B) If a general permit issued under this section will expire and 
the Administrator decides not to issue a new general permit for 
discharges similar to those covered by the expiring general permit, the 
Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of such 
decision at least two years prior to the expiration of the general 
permit.
    ``(C)(i) If a general permit issued under this section expires and 
the Administrator has not published a notice in accordance with 
subparagraph (B), the Administrator shall, until the date described in 
clause (ii)--
            ``(I) continue to apply the terms, conditions, and 
        requirements of the expired general permit to any discharge 
        that was covered by the expired general permit; and
            ``(II) apply such terms, conditions, and requirements to 
        any discharge that would have been covered by the expired 
        general permit (in accordance with any relevant requirements 
        for such coverage) if the discharge had occurred before such 
        expiration.
    ``(ii) The date described in this clause is the earlier of--
            ``(I) the date on which the Administrator issues a new 
        general permit for discharges similar to those covered by the 
        expired general permit; or
            ``(II) the date that is 2 years after the date on which the 
        Administrator publishes in the Federal Register a notice of a 
        decision not to issue a new general permit for discharges 
        similar to those covered by the expired general permit.''.
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