FRESHER Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6090 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6090 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2025 Mr. Huffman (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Morelle, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Casten, Mr. Carson, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Simon, Ms. Clarke of New York, and Ms. DeGette) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study with respect to stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations, 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 ``Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act of 2025'' or the ``FRESHER Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM OIL, GAS, AND MINING OPERATIONS. (a) Limitation on Permit Requirement.--Section 402(l) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). (b) Definitions.--Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended-- (1) by striking paragraph (24); and (2) by redesignating paragraphs (25) through (27) as paragraphs (24) through (26), respectively. (c) Study