Federal-State Partnership for Clean Water Act of 2025

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