Judicial Review Timeline Clarity Act — Establishes firm deadlines for lawsuits challenging permitted infrastructure and energy projects and limits judicial interference absent an imminent and substantial danger.
Establish firm deadlines for lawsuits challenging permitted infrastructure and energy projects and limit judicial interference absent imminent and substantial danger.
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Evidence
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Congress.gov lists H.R.3905 as sponsored by Rep. Eric Burlison, introduced 06/11/2025, with latest action 06/13/2025: referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. The tracker status is Introduced, not passed House, passed Senate, to President, or law.
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H.R.3905 would require judicial-review actions on Section 404 permits or verifications to be filed within 60 days. It would bar courts from vacating, revoking, enjoining, or otherwise limiting a permit unless the authorized activities present an imminent and substantial danger to human health or the environment, and would cap remand deadlines at 180 days.
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Burlison’s official bills page lists H.R.3905, Judicial Review Timeline Clarity Act, as introduced 06/11/2025 and states that it would put a 60-day limit on court challenges to permit issuance after U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorization.
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The House-engrossed PERMIT Act includes Section 15, Judicial review timeline clarity, requiring covered Section 404 permit challenges to be filed within 60 days and limiting courts from vacating, revoking, enjoining, or otherwise limiting permits absent an imminent and substantial danger finding. It also sets a remand-action deadline of no more than 180 days.
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Congress.gov lists H.R.3898 as passed House on 12/11/2025 by 221-205 and latest action 12/15/2025: received in the Senate, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. The status is Passed House, with no Senate passage, presidential action, or public law shown.
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House Roll Call Vote 330 was on passage of H.R.3898. The result was passed, 221-205. The vote list records Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO] as voting Yea.
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GovInfo's introduced text shows Rep. Eric Burlison introduced H.R. 3905 on June 11, 2025. The bill would impose a 60-day filing window for Clean Water Act Section 404 permit and verification challenges and restrict courts from vacating, revoking, enjoining, or otherwise limiting covered permits absent imminent and substantial danger to health or the environment.
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The official House legislative activity page lists H.R. 3898, the PERMIT Act, with latest action on December 15, 2025: received in the Senate, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Assessments
The promised federal policy has not been enacted: Burlison's directly relevant H.R.3905 remained only introduced/referred, and the broader PERMIT Act containing similar judicial-review limits passed the House but was still pending in the Senate without becoming law. However, Burlison sponsored the matching bill and voted for the House-passed vehicle, which is concrete same-term progress short of full delivery.
Burlison sponsored H.R.3905, which directly matches the promised 60-day lawsuit deadline and limits on judicial interference absent imminent and substantial danger, and he voted for the House-passed PERMIT Act containing similar provisions. However, neither measure has been enacted; H.R.3905 remained introduced/referred and H.R.3898 had only passed the House and was pending in the Senate. This is concrete same-term progress toward the promise, but not final delivery of the promised federal policy.