; and (2) the impact that funding for additional full-time employees would have on processing timelines for such permits. 13. Savings clause relating to PFAS Nothing in this Act, including the amendments made by this Act, shall affect the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct research on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. 14. Approval of Florida permit program The notice of the Environmental Protection Agency approving the State of Florida’s request to carry out a permit program for the discharge of dredged or fill material pursuant to section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344 ), published on December 22, 2020, and titled EPA’s Approval of Florida’s Clean Water Act Section 404 Assumption Request (85 Fed. Reg. 83553) shall have the force and effect of law.