Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House), via GovInfo BILLSTATUS. Text, sponsors and history on Congress.gov. Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10].

Passed 221–205 on Dec. 11, 2025 · On Passage

Democrats 6–204, Republicans 215–1

Source: Official roll call · Voteview