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Federal-State Partnership for Clean Water Act of 2025
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize Federal-State clean water program development and implementation authorities, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Federal-State Partnership for Clean Water Act of 2025 increases federal funding for state and local clean water and wetlands protection programs. The bill raises funding for wetlands program development and implementation grants from $75 million annually to $300 million annually from 2026 through 2030, with at least $100 million each year dedicated to state, local, and tribal programs for protecting, managing, or restoring wetlands. It also authorizes $500 million annually for state water quality management assistance programs for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. The legislation reauthorizes federal-state partnership authorities under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
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Actions (3)
- Sep 18, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. · house
- Sep 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Sep 17, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 17, 2025
Ms. Scholten (for herself, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. McDonald Rivet, and Mrs. McIver) 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 reauthorize Federal-State clean water program development and implementation authorities, 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 “Federal-State Partnership for Clean Water Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. WETLANDS PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.
Section 104(u) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(u)) is amended—
(1) by striking “$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026” and inserting “$300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030”; and
(2) by inserting “, and not less than $100,000,000 each fiscal year shall be used for the development and implementation by States, interstate agencies, or municipalities (including Indian tribes) of programs to protect, manage, or restore wetlands, including the development and implementation of programs pursuant to section 404” before the period at the end.
SEC. 3. STATE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.—Section 106(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1256(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (1); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
“(3) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2025; and
“(4) $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030;”.
(b) Technical Amendment.—Section 106(e) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1256(e)) is amended by striking “Beginning in fiscal year 1974 the” and inserting “The”. <all>
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