[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5445 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5445

    To 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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2025

 Ms. 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 Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize 
   Federal-State clean water program development and implementation 
                  authorities, 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 ``Federal-State Partnership for Clean 
Water Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. 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.

SEC. 3. 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''.
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