Nationwide Permitting Improvement Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Jun 13, 2025
What it does
The Nationwide Permitting Improvement Act would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the term of general permits for dredged or fill material discharges from five to ten years and establish that discharges into less than 3 acres of navigable waters are considered to have minimal adverse environmental effects. It would require the Secretary of the Army to maintain nationwide general permits for linear infrastructure projects—such as pipelines, transmission lines, and transportation systems—under these same thresholds, and would eliminate certain Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act consultation requirements when reissuing such permits, substituting…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.