# 119-hr-3041: RIGED Act of 2025

119-hr-3041, RIGED Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38] (R-TX); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3041
- Congress: 119
- Title: RIGED Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Permit continuity for offshore oil and gas development**. This bill would keep the terms and conditions of expired federal permits in effect for existing and similarly situated new permittees while agencies finalize replacement permits and align related regulatory processes across water and species rules. - Oil and gas operators — Existing permit holders and similarly situated prospective permittees would remain subject to the terms, conditions, and requirements of an expired offshore permit until a new permit is issued. - Federal agencies and regulators — The Secretaries would coordinate with other federal agencies and may form joint agency working groups to streamline continuity. Any new working group must be reported to Congress and the President within 15 days with officials' names, scope, objectives, and an estimated duration in days. - Water and species compliance — The EPA Administrator would apply the same terms from expired multi-permit water discharge permits to covered permittees until replacements are issued. Compliance with the National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion issued March 13, 2020 and amended April 24, 2021 would be treated as satisfying Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act requirements until a new biological opinion is approved.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Businesses keep wastewater terms during renewals: benefit, low. If enacted, EPA would keep the same wastewater permit terms while a new multi-facility permit is being issued. This would apply when the new permit is reasonably similar to the expired one and covers similar operations and discharges. Both current and prospective permittees would follow the old ter…
- Offshore oil permits stay in force: mixed, medium. If enacted, when a federal permit for offshore oil and gas expires, the Secretary would keep its terms in place for covered companies and similar new applicants until a new permit is issued, within their authority. The Secretary would coordinate with other agencies and could set up joint working gr…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9199: Permanent Trump Secure Border Act
- 119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8443: End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-3041 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3041)

## Related
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-9199: Permanent Trump Secure Border Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9199)
- [119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1897)
- [119-hr-8443: End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8443)
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3041 (as of 2025-12-21).