Confidence in Clean Water Permits Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3897 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3897 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to the scope of permits, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 11, 2025 Mr. Taylor 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 scope of permits, 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 ``Confidence in Clean Water Permits Act''. SEC. 2. CONFIDENCE IN CLEAN WATER PERMITS. (a) Compliance With Permits.--Section 402(k) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(k)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``(k) Compliance with'' and inserting the following: ``(k) Compliance With Permits.-- ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), compliance with''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) Scope.--For purposes of paragraph (1), compliance with the conditions of a permit issued under this section shall be considered compliance with respect to a discharge of-- ``(A) any pollutant for which an effluent limitation is included in the permit; and ``(B) any pollutant for which an effluent limitation is not included in the permit that is-- ``(i) specifically identified as controlled or monitored through indicator parameters in the permit, the fact sheet for the permit, or the administrative record relating to the permit; ``(ii) specifically identified during the permit application process as present in discharges to which the permit will apply; or ``(iii) whether or not specifically identified in th