H.R. 3898 · 119th Congress · pending

PERMIT Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Latest official action 2025-12-15 · Referred

The bill, briefly

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.

Official bill, text and votes Full source record and risk review

Congressional Research Service · 2025-06-11

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed

The reports below name this bill and disclose an organization’s overall lobbying expenses or a firm’s client income for the period. They can cover many bills and issues. These amounts are not payments to the bill or its politicians.

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF SANITATION AGENCIES

Registrant: ENS RESOURCES, INC. · 2026 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)

$30,000

Reported firm income from this client, all topics

Clean Air and Water (quality)

Support of H.R. 2269/S. 1092, WIPPES Act to label flushable wipes. Support of H.R. 3898, PERMIT Act to provide for ten year permit terms. Support of permitting reform legislation

Lobbyists named: ERIC SAPIRSTEIN, SARAH SAPIRSTEIN

Congress inferred from reporting year; verify the bill reference in the source.

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INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES

Registrant: INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES · 2026 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)

$30,000

Total organization expenses, all reported topics

Transportation

Transporting explosives using electric vehicles, Hazmat transportation, H.R. 3898, Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act, H.R.8870, BUILD America 250 Act, Surface transportation reauthorization, H.R. 9497/S. 4949, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026

Lobbyists named: JULIA BOGUE

Congress inferred from reporting year; verify the bill reference in the source.

Natural Resources

H.R. 2457/S. 1130, Mining Schools Act, H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, H.R. 3898, Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act.

Lobbyists named: JULIA BOGUE

Congress inferred from reporting year; verify the bill reference in the source.

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2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.

Politicians behind the bill

Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.

Sponsor

Mike Collins

House · GA District 10 · Republican

Not availablePAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Sam Graves

House · MO District 6 · Republican

$891,107PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

David Rouzer

House · NC District 7 · Republican

$1,310,869PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Jeff Hurd

House · CO District 3 · Republican

$606,573PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Burgess Owens

House · UT District 4 · Republican

$130,660PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Pete Stauber

House · MN District 8 · Republican

$990,868PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

House · AR District 1 · Republican

$583,285PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

David J. Taylor

House · OH District 2 · Republican

$438,994PAC receipts · 2025–2026

8 of 8 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.

NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)$50,000

Sam Graves · Cosponsor · $5,000

David Rouzer · Cosponsor · $10,000

Jeff Hurd · Cosponsor · $10,000

Pete Stauber · Cosponsor · $5,000

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford · Cosponsor · $10,000

David J. Taylor · Cosponsor · $10,000

The bill, briefly

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF SANITATION AGENCIES

INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES

Politicians behind the bill

Mike Collins

Sam Graves

David Rouzer

Jeff Hurd

Burgess Owens

Pete Stauber

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford

David J. Taylor

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

What happened after enactment?