Water Quality Criteria Development and Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3888 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3888

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to water 
 quality criteria development and transparency, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2025

  Mr. Owens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to water 
 quality criteria development and transparency, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Quality Criteria Development 
and Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. WATER QUALITY CRITERIA DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPARENCY.

    (a) Information and Guidelines.--Section 304(a) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1314(a)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
            ``(10) Administrative procedure.--After the date of 
        enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator shall issue any 
        new or revised water quality criteria under paragraph (1) or 
        (9) by rule.''.
    (b) Administrative Procedure and Judicial Review.--Section 
509(b)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1369(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``section 402, and'' and inserting 
        ``section 402,''; and
            (2) by inserting ``and (H) in issuing any criteria for 
        water quality pursuant to section 304(a)(10),'' after 
        ``strategy under section 304(l),''.
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