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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 3900

Introduced

Water Quality Technology Availability Act

Sponsor
RMike Collins· Georgia
Introduced
June 11, 2025
Policy area
Environmental Protection
Latest action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.June 13, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3900 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3900

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that the 
total cost of application of technology that is commercially available 
in the United States is considered with respect to certain guidelines 
relating to effluent limitations, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 11, 2025

Mr. Collins 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 to ensure that the 
total cost of application of technology that is commercially available 
in the United States is considered with respect to certain guidelines 
relating to effluent limitations, 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 Technology 
Availability Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFYING EFFLUENT LIMITATION GUIDELINES.

Section 304(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1314(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``technology in relation 
to'' and inserting ``technology that is commercially available in the 
United States in relation to''.
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