Reducing Permitting Uncertainty Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3935 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3935 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the period during which areas may be prohibited from being specified as disposal sites for dredged or fill material, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 11, 2025 Mr. Stauber introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the period during which areas may be prohibited from being specified as disposal sites for dredged or fill material, 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 ``Reducing Permitting Uncertainty Act''. SEC. 2. REDUCING PERMITTING UNCERTAINTY. (a) In General.--Section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(c)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``(c) The Administrator'' and inserting the following: ``(c) Specification or Use of Defined Area.-- ``(1) In general.--The Administrator''; (2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by inserting ``during the period described in paragraph (2) and'' before ``after notice and opportunity for public hearings''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) Period of prohibition.--The period during which the Administrator may prohibit the specification (including the withdrawal of specification) of any defined area as a disposal site, or deny or restrict the use of any defined area for specification (including the withdrawal of specification) as a disposal site, under paragraph (1) shall-- ``(A) begin on the date on which an applican