# 119-hr-3900: Water Quality Technology Availability Act

119-hr-3900, Water Quality Technology Availability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA); status in_committee (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3900
- Congress: 119
- Title: Water Quality Technology Availability Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Ties cost analyses for effluent limitation guidelines to technologies that are commercially available in the United States.** The bill would amend Section 304(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act by replacing "technology in relation to" with "technology that is commercially available in the United States in relation to", which would require EPA to base guideline cost estimates on domestically available technologies and affect how regulated facilities' compliance costs are calculated.

## Provisions PRIA read

- EPA wastewater limits use U.S. tech: mixed, medium. The bill would require EPA to use only technologies that are sold in the United States when setting wastewater pollution limits. If enacted, this could lower compliance costs for many U.S. plants and factories. It could also limit EPA from counting foreign technologies that might cut pollution more…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025
- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-hr-3898: PERMIT Act
- 119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-3900 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3900)

## Related
- [119-hr-9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9497)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-25)
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-3898: PERMIT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3898)
- [119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-624)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3900 (as of 2026-04-21).