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S. 2421

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 2421, the CLEAR Waters Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jul 23, 2025 by Sen. Joni Ernst (R) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Environment And Public Works, and last saw action on Jul 23, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Record

Text

S. 2421 has 6 co-sponsors.

sb2421/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S2421 IS: Clarifying Legal Exclusions Around Regulated Waters Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-07-23
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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.
  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 2421
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  July 23, 2025
  Ms. Ernst  (for herself,  Mr. Risch ,  Mr.
  Marshall ,  Mr. Crapo ,
  Mr. Tillis , and  Mr. Wicker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
  referred to the  Committee on Environment and
  Public Works
  A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide exclusions from
  the term  navigable waters , and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Clarifying Legal Exclusions Around Regulated Waters Act   or the   CLEAR Waters Act  .
2.
Definition of navigable waters
Section 502(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1362(7) ) is amended—
(1)
by striking  (7) The term  and inserting the following:
(7)
Navigable waters
(A)
In general
The term
  ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(B)
Exclusions
The term  navigable waters  does not include any of the following:
(i)
Any component of a waste treatment system, including any lagoon or treatment pond (such as a settling or cooling pond), designed to actively or passively—
(I)
convey or retain wastewater; or
(II)
concentrate, settle, reduce, or remove pollutants from wastewater.
(ii)
Ephemeral features that flow only in direct response to precipitation.
(iii)
Groundwater.
(iv)
Any other features determined to be excluded by the Administrator and the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers.
  .

Tracker

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

  1. Introduced2025-07-23
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide exclusions from the term "navigable waters", and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Joni Ernst (R) sponsors S. 2421, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 2421 went before 1 committee: Environment and Public Works.

Environment and Public Works
Environment and Public Works
Referred To · Jul 23, 2025 · 257 Bills

Actions

S. 2421 has taken 2 actions since Jul 23, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jul 23, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.Environment and Public Works Committee
Jul 23, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 2421 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 2421 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • CLEAR Waters Act — Display Title
  • CLEAR Waters Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Clarifying Legal Exclusions Around Regulated Waters Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide exclusions from the term "navigable waters", and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 13 registered lobbyists who named S. 2421 in 4 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 Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air and Water (quality), Defense, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund, Foreign Relations.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)—Virginia14—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)14—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN114
HANNAH SCOTT114
HILL THOMAS114
JASON COOKE114
JOSEPH CIRRINCIONE114
KATIE CULLETON114
LOUIS FINKEL114
MARY KIRLIN114
MICHAEL HORDER114
MONTEE WYNN114
PAUL GUTIERREZ114
WILL MITCHELL114
GRANT CUMMINGS113

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)2026 second_quarter$980K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)2026 first_quarter$850K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)2025 third_quarter$840K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NRECA)2025 fourth_quarter$770K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2421 under Environmental Protection, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2421’s is Environmental Protection.

s2421/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