119TH CONGRESS · 1ST SESSION

HOUSEROLL CALL #330PASSAGEENVIRONMENT

HOUSE #330PASSAGEENVIRONMENT

House passes the PERMIT Act

On Passage

DEC 11, 2025 · 2:55 PM ET

VOTE ONH.R. 3898PERMIT ActDEC 11, 2025 · 2:55 PM ET

PASSED

221–205

221 YEA · 205 NAY · 7 NOT VOTING7 TO SPARE

214 NEEDED

NEEDED 2147 TO SPARE

Party-line vote, except 6 Democrats and 1 Republican who crossed. Cleared the 214 needed by 7 votes.

221–205PASSED

213 DEM220 REP

YEANAYCROSSEDTAP A SEAT

WHAT WAS DECIDED

What the House was voting on

FROM THE HOUSE CLERK AND CONGRESS.GOV

IN PLAIN WORDS

The House voted on whether to pass H.R. 3898, the PERMIT Act, which would limit the Clean Water Act’s scope by redefining which waters it covers. It passed by 7 votes more than the 214 needed.

A YES MEANT

Pass H.R. 3898 in the House and send it to the Senate.

A NO MEANT

Reject H.R. 3898 in the House.

THE MEASURE · H.R. 3898

PERMIT Act

Narrows Clean Water Act coverage and changes water-quality standards, discharge permits, state permitting, and legal review.

OPEN THE BILL →

WHERE IT STANDS · WHAT’S NEXT

Passed the House 221–205 on Dec. 11, 2025. Now waiting in the Senate, 489 days after it was introduced.

DEC 11Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

DEC 15Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

WHY IT NEEDED 2142 VACANT · 433 SEATED

214is a majority of the 426 members voting yes or no. Members voting “present” or absent don’t count.

TIES: A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.

THE MEASURE · H.R. 3898PERMIT ActNarrows Clean Water Act coverage and changes water-quality standards, discharge permits, state permitting, and legal review.

HOW EACH SIDE VOTED

Party line, with 6 Democrats and 1 Republican crossing6 Democrats and 1 Republican crossed. It passed.

CROSSED = VOTED AGAINST MOST OF THEIR PARTY

BY PARTYYEA–NAY

Democrats6 CROSSED TO YEA

Republicans1 CROSSED TO NAY

THE 7 WHO CROSSEDHOW OFTEN THEY VOTE WITH PARTY

Adam Gray

D-CA-13 · VOTED YEA

77%

Jim Costa

D-CA-21 · VOTED YEA

87%

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

D-GA-2 · VOTED YEA

94%

Donald G. Davis

D-NC-1 · VOTED YEA

70%

Henry Cuellar

D-TX-28 · VOTED YEA

66%

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

D-WA-3 · VOTED YEA

71%

Brian K. Fitzpatrick

R-PA-1 · VOTED NAY

77%

BY STATEEACH STATE’S DELEGATION

YEAS, UPPER BARNAYS, LOWER BARA MEMBER CROSSEDYOUR STATE

12TH

Party-line House vote in December 2025

68TH

Passage vote in the House this Congress

House roll calls in December 2025

THE 7 WHO CROSSED

12THParty-line House vote in December 2025

68THPassage vote in the House this Congress

57House roll calls in December 2025

THE FULL ROLL

All 433 representatives, by stateAll 433 representatives

7 NOT VOTING · 0 PRESENT · 2 VACANT

433 SHOWNTAP A NAME FOR DETAILS

433 SHOWN

THE JOURNEY

Every vote on H.R. 3898, in both chambersEvery vote on H.R. 3898

ROLL CALLS, COMMITTEE AND FLOOR ACTIONS

HOUSE

SENATE

DEC 11HOUSE#330On passageTHIS VOTEPASSED221–205

DEC 11HOUSE#329Motion to recommitFAILED210–216 DEC 10HOUSE#318On the rule (H.Res. 936)AGREED TO215–211 DEC 10HOUSE#317Previous question on the rule (H.Res. 936)AGREED TO216–210

JUL 2HOUSE—Reported by Transportation and InfrastructureREPORTED34–30

HOUSE · DEC 11

221–205

PASSED · NEEDED 214

6 Democrats voted yes

IN THE HOUSE · JUL 2 – DEC 11PASSED 221–205

JUL 2Reported by Transportation and InfrastructureREPORTED34–30
DEC 10#317Previous question on the rule (H.Res. 936)AGREED TO216–210
DEC 10#318On the rule (H.Res. 936)AGREED TO215–211
DEC 11#329Motion to recommitFAILED210–216
DEC 11#330THIS VOTEOn passagePASSED221–2057 votes to spare over the 214 needed.

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