Congressman Taylor’s confidence in Clean Water Permits Act passes Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) applauded the passage of H.R. 3898, the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act, out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 25, 2025, by a vote of 34-30. 

This bill included provisions from his bill, H.R. 3897, the Confidence in Clean Water Permits Act, as well as multiple other pieces of legislation that will cut red tape by streamlining the regulatory review process and provide more regulatory certainty for American businesses. Congressman Taylor initially introduced his Confidence in Clean Water Permits Act on May 20, 2025, to ensure businesses acting in good faith within their waste disposal permitting requirements are not unfairly penalized or overwhelmed by unclear and burdensome government regulations.

“The PERMIT Act combines critical pieces of common-sense legislation that American businesses need to ease the regulatory burden they’ve been feeling for decades,” said Congressman Taylor. “I’m proud to say that provisions of my Confidence in Clean Water Permits Act were included in this bill to help clarify vague waste disposal requirements from the EPA and ensure American businesses and wastewater facilities aren’t penalized for following the rules.”

The Confidence in Clean Water Permits Act states that businesses and wastewater treatment plants that are acting in good faith within their permit guidelines cannot be held liable for the impermissible discharge of unknown chemicals. The bill details that the EPA, not businesses themselves, possesses the ultimate responsibility to test and provide guidance for the detection of possible environmental pollutants. This bill would protect small businesses and organizations that are under attack by the government and third-party environmental groups for fulfilling requirements they have no tangible metric for fulfilling.

Other members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee who also had provisions from previously-introduced legislation incorporated into the PERMIT Act are Subcommittee Chairman Mike Collins (R-GA) and Representatives Rick Crawford (R-AR), David Rouzer (R-NC), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Jeff Hurd (R-CO), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Dave Taylor (R-OH), and Jimmy Patronis (R-FL).  Summaries of many of the bills and provisions that are included in H.R. 3898 are available here.

A member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Congressman Taylor serves as the Vice Chairman of the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee.

Additional details about Congressman Taylor’s Confidence in Clean Water Act are available here. The full bill text of the PERMIT Act is available here. 

Congressman David Taylor represents Ohio’s Second Congressional District, which includes Clermont, Clinton, Pike, Adams, Brown, Highland, Ross, Scioto, Pickaway, Hocking, Vinton, Jackson, Lawrence, Gallia, and Meigs counties, as well as part of Fayette County. Taylor serves on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the House Agriculture Committee. Prior to serving in Congress, Taylor worked as an assistant prosecutor for Clermont County before joining his family’s concrete business, where he ultimately served as President. Please visit https://taylor.house.gov/ for more information.