H.R. 3898: PERMIT Act
Sponsor
Mike Collins
Republican · GA-10
What H.R. 3898 does
H.R. 3898, the PERMIT Act, would narrow the Clean Water Act by changing the definition of navigable waters. The new definition would leave out waste treatment systems, features that flow only in direct response to precipitation, prior converted cropland, groundwater, and any other features the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers determines should be excluded.
How the House voted
Passed · December 11, 20256 Democrats broke with their party to vote yes
Sanford Bishop
Jim Costa
Henry Cuellar
Donald Davis
Adam Gray
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez1 Republican broke with their party to vote no
Brian FitzpatrickOn Passage: H R 3898 PERMIT Act · Roll no. 330 · Official record
HR3898 Legislative Journey
Committee Action
Dec 15, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
House: Passed 221-205
Dec 11, 2025
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 205 (Roll no. 330).
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About the Sponsor
Mike Collins
Republican, Georgia's 10th congressional district · 3 years in Congress
Committees: Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure
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Cosponsors (8)
All 8 cosponsors are Republicans. Cosponsors represent 8 states: Arkansas, California, Colorado, and 5 more.
Committee Sponsors
Environment and Public Works Committee
0 of 18 committee members cosponsored
No committee members have cosponsored this bill
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
7 of 67 committee members cosponsored
37 Republicans across these committees haven't cosponsored yet. Mobilize their constituents
What laws does H.R. 3898 change?
4 changes
Sections Amended
Section 304(a) of Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1314(a))
adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(10) Consideration of treatment technologies
Section 402(a) of Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(a))
adding at the end the following: ``(6) General permits
Section 402 of Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342)
adding at the end the following: ``(t) Expression of Water Quality-Based Effluent Limitations
Section 402(l) of Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(l))
adding at the end the following: ``(4) Agricultural stormwater discharge
H.R. 3898 Quick Facts
- Committee
- Environment and Public Works
- Chamber
- House
- Policy
- Environmental Protection
- Introduced
- Jun 11, 2025
Passed the House, received in Senate
Dec 15, 2025
H.R. 3898 Bill Text
“To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect to waters of the United States and other matters, and for other purposes.”
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office
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