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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2093 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permitting |
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| 6 | 6 | | terms, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH14, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ALVERT(for himself, Mr. GARAMENDI, and Mr. ROUZER) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation |
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| 12 | 12 | | and Infrastructure |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with |
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| 15 | 15 | | respect to permitting terms, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMI-3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | NATION SYSTEM (NPDES) TERMS. 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) I |
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| 21 | 21 | | NGENERAL.—Section 402(b)(1)(B) of the Fed-5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1342(b)(1)(B)) is amended to read as follows: 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ‘‘(B) are for fixed terms— 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ‘‘(i) not exceeding 10 years, for a permit 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | issued to a State or municipality; and 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(ii) not exceeding 5 years, for a permit 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | issued to any person not described in clause (i); 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and’’. 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) T |
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| 34 | 34 | | ECHNICALCORRECTIONS.—Section 402(l)(3) of 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 1342(l)(3)) is amended— 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) in subparagraph (B)— 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (A) by striking ‘‘section 402’’ and insert-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ing ‘‘this section’’; and 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (B) by striking ‘‘federal’’ and inserting 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘Federal’’; and 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) in subparagraph (C)— 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (A) by striking ‘‘Section’’ and inserting 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘section’’; 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) by striking ‘‘402(p)(6)’’ and inserting 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘subsection (p)(6)’’; 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (C) by striking ‘‘402(l)(3)(A),’’ and insert-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ing ‘‘subparagraph (A),’’; and 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (D) by striking ‘‘402(l)(3)(A).’’ and insert-19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ing ‘‘such subparagraph.’’. 20 |
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