Passing the “PERMIT Act” (HR 3898)

The bill

PERMIT Act

Topic: Environmental Protection

What the bill does

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.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary

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