H.R. 3898
PERMIT Act
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act or the PERMIT Act
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.
Text of the bill
It is the sense of Congress that the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement is a voluntary, cooperative agreement between the Federal Government, the State of Delaware, the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of New York, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the State of West Virginia. As such, the Federal Government should take a collaborative and cooperative approach to the parties with regard to their compliance with the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load outlined in such agreement.