H.R. 3888

Summary

H.R. 3888, the Water Quality Criteria Development and Transparency Act, was introduced in the House on Jun 10, 2025 by Rep. Burgess Owens (R). It was referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, and last saw action on Jun 13, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Record

Text

H.R. 3888 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 3888 IH: Water Quality Criteria Development and Transparency Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-10
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 3888  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 10, 2025   Mr. Owens  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure    A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to water quality criteria development and transparency, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Water Quality Criteria Development and Transparency Act  .
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.
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(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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To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to water quality criteria development and transparency, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Burgess Owens (R) sponsors H.R. 3888 alone.

Burgess Owens

Rep. · R–UT-4 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 3888 went before 2 committees: Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee and Transportation and Infrastructure.

Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee

Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee

Referred to · Jun 13, 2025 · 85 Bills

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation and Infrastructure

Referred To · Jun 10, 2025 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3888 has taken 3 actions since Jun 10, 2025, the latest on Jun 13, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 3888 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3888 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Water Quality Criteria Development and Transparency Act — Display Title
• Water Quality Criteria Development and Transparency Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to water quality criteria development and transparency, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 10 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3888 in 8 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air and Water (quality), Chemicals/Chemical Industry, Defense, Energy/Nuclear, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Natural Resources, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3888 under Environmental Protection, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3888’s is Environmental Protection.

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