1HOUSE · DEC 11, 2025
Passed the House
221–205PASSED
R 215–1 D 6–204
On Passage · roll 330 · 7 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
PERMIT Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect to waters of the United States and other matters, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Collins R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 11, 2025
- Committee actionJun 25, 2025
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2025 · 221–205
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3898.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-180 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 2, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/180
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3898, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3898
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 100, June 11, 2025, Page H2655):Article 1, Section 8 grants the legislative power to Congress, and jursidiction over waters of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 113 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3898, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3898
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
283529e535e912a62805244b372d38233a84e1c8b3157d5bf9cfe3769cb361c2
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Vote results
2 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 3898. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (1) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (1 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommitHouse · Dec 11, 2025 · roll 329R 0–216 D 210–0210–216Failed
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 2 of 2 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Eric Crawford (R-AR), Sam Graves (R-MO), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), David Rouzer (R-NC), Pete Stauber (R-MN), David Taylor (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.Res. 936 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect…Related bill
- H.R. 4135 (119th) To encourage States to participate with the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council's online dashboard for certain covered projects.Related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.