# 119-hr-3905: Judicial Review Timeline Clarity Act

119-hr-3905, Judicial Review Timeline Clarity Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO-7] (R-MO); status in_committee (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3905
- Congress: 119
- Title: Judicial Review Timeline Clarity Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO-7] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Creates a time-limited judicial-review framework** for Section 404 permits that govern discharges of dredged or fill material. It conditions who can sue on filing sufficiently detailed comments and narrows courts' power to vacate or enjoin permits absent an imminent and substantial danger. - Permit holders and project applicants would face a 60-day deadline for lawsuits challenging individual or general permits, shortening the window for litigation. - Public commenters and advocacy groups could only bring suit if they submitted sufficiently detailed comments during the administrative public comment period that put the agency on notice of the issue. - Courts that find noncompliance must remand the matter to the Secretary or the State and set a schedule for corrective action, generally no more than 180 days, and may not vacate or enjoin permits unless activities pose an imminent and substantial danger to health or the environment.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stricter deadlines to sue over water permits: cost, medium. This bill would set a 60-day deadline to file court challenges to dredge-and-fill permits or agency verifications. You would also need to have filed a detailed public comment during the permit process on the same issue. If enacted, this would narrow who can sue and when.
- Faster remands, fewer water permit injunctions: mixed, medium. If a court finds the agency did not follow the law, it would have to send the case back. The court would set and enforce a deadline, no more than 180 days, for the agency to act, unless another law requires more time. Courts could not cancel or block a permit, or stop a verified discharge, unless t…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan
- 119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-4123: FIT Procurement Act
- 119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-3905 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3905)

## Related
- [119-hr-25: FairTax Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-25)
- [119-hr-8324: Great American Healthcare Plan](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8324)
- [119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8206)
- [119-hr-4123: FIT Procurement Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4123)
- [119-hr-833: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-833)
- [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-3905 (as of 2026-04-21).