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H.R. 3900

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 3900, the Water Quality Technology Availability Act, was introduced in the House on Jun 11, 2025 by Rep. Mike Collins (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. 3900 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

hb3900/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 3900 IH: Water Quality Technology Availability Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-06-11
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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. 3900  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   June 11, 2025   Mr. Collins  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure    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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Water Quality Technology Availability Act  .
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 .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-06-11
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Mike Collins (R) sponsors H.R. 3900 alone.

Mike Collins

Rep. · R–GA-10 · Sponsor

Committees

H.R. 3900 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 11, 2025 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 3900 has taken 3 actions since Jun 11, 2025, the latest on Jun 13, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jun 13, 2025
House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee
Jun 11, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jun 11, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Votes

H.R. 3900 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 3900 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Water Quality Technology Availability Act — Display Title
  • Water Quality Technology Availability Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 111 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 3900 in 14 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, Environment/Superfund, Defense, Energy/Nuclear, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Trade (domestic/foreign).

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.—District of Columbia16—
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.Electric utilityDistrict of Columbia15$240K
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia13—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.16—
ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP15$240K
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION13—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 111.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ABELARDO TORRES116
ALEXA BRANSON116
ANDREA PORWOLL116
ASHLEY GUM116
BRADLEY WATTS116
BRINCE MANNING116
BROOKE MILLER116
CASSIA CARVALHO116
CHAD WHITEMAN116
CHANTEL SHEAKS116
CHRISTOPHER CRENSHAW116
CHRISTOPHER EYLER116
CHRISTOPHER GUITH116
CHRISTOPHER ROBERTI116
CLARK JACKSON116
DAN BYERS116
ERIN DELANEY116
ESPERANZA JELALIAN116
FOXHALL PARKER116
GARY LITMAN116

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2026 first_quarter$19.8M1st Quarter - Amendme…
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2026 first_quarter$19.8M1st Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 second_quarter$19.3M2nd Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 fourth_quarter$18M4th Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2026 second_quarter$17M2nd Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 third_quarter$13.7M3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$760K2nd Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$649K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$76K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP2026 second_quarter$50K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP2026 first_quarter$50K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP2025 fourth_quarter$50K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP2025 third_quarter$50K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP2025 second_quarter$40K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 3900 under Environmental Protection, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 3900’s is Environmental Protection.

hr3900/policy-areas.txt
Environmental ProtectionAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com