Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today Act

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Mr. HURD of Colorado. Mr. Chairman, I am proud to cosponsor the PERMIT Act, commonsense legislation to help America build the infrastructure we need faster and more responsibly.

I am especially grateful that my bill, the Jurisdictional Determination Backlog Reduction Act, is included as a part of this package. Across the country, Americans depend on timely answers from the Army Corps so they know whether their projects require Clean Water Act permits, but the Corps is not keeping up. Right now, thousands of determinations and wetland delineations are stuck in a backlog, leaving projects in limbo.

My proposal directs the Corps to clear this backlog so that landowners and builders get the determinations and clarity they need to move forward in a timely and responsible way.

I thank Chairman Graves, Chairman Collins, and the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee staff for their work putting together a bill that cuts red tape, reduces duplicative reviews, and gives farmers, ranchers, utilities, and communities in Colorado and across the country the regulatory certainty that they need to build.

I look forward to advancing this important legislation.

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