OPENING THE RECORD
OPENING THE RECORD
H.R. 3898 · 119TH CONGRESS
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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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