{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-hurds-jurisdictional-determination-backlog-reduction-act-passes-house-part", "Rep. Hurd\u2019s Jurisdictional Determination Backlog Reduction Act Passes House as Part of PERMIT Act", "2025-12-16", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Jeff Hurd", "H001100", "hurd.house.gov", "hurd", "https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Rep. Jeff Hurd\u2019s Jurisdictional Determination Backlog Reduction Act passed the House as part of the Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act.\n\nThe PERMIT Act combines targeted reforms to the Clean Water Act permitting processes to cut red tape, reduce duplicative reviews, and provide greater regulatory certainty while maintaining water quality protections.\n\nThe Jurisdictional Determination Backlog Reduction Act requires the Army Corps of Engineers to allocate necessary resources to eliminate the existing backlog of thousands of pending jurisdictional determinations and Section 404 permit applications. Farmers, ranchers, small business owners, energy providers, and builders rely on timely jurisdictional determinations to know whether their projects require Clean Water Act permits. The Corps\u2019 current backlog has left thousands of projects in regulatory limbo, adding costs and delays.\n\n\u201cDelays in permit approvals are stalling key infrastructure projects in Colorado and across the nation,\u201d said Rep. Hurd. \u201cMy bill requires the Army Corps to clear this backlog so communities can get moving on critical projects without unnecessary delays. I\u2019m proud this important legislation passed with the PERMIT Act today, and I\u2019m grateful to Chairman Graves and Chairman Collins for their leadership on cutting red tape that prevents America from building.\u201d\n\nThe legislation now heads to the Senate for consideration.\n\nRead the full bill here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-06-27T21:44:12Z", "2026-06-27T22:31:39Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hurd.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-hurds-jurisdictional-determination-backlog-reduction-act-passes-house-part"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2978538870811462, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}