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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4776

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119 HR 4776 IH: Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-07-25 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4776 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2025 Mr. Westerman (for himself and Mr. Golden of Maine ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process. 
 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act or the SPEED Act . 2. NEPA reform (a) Purpose Section 2 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 ) is amended— 
 (1) by striking The purposes and inserting the following: (a) The purposes ; and 
 (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) This Act is a purely procedural statute intended to ensure Federal agencies consider the environmental impacts of their actions during the decisionmaking process. This Act does not mandate particular results, and only prescribes a process. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to mandate any specific environmental outcome or result, nor shall this Act be interpreted to confer substantive rights or impose substantive duties beyond procedural requirements. . 
 (b) Procedure for determination of level of review Section 106 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4336 ) is amended— (1) in the heading, by inserting ; scope of review after level of review ; 
 (2) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (3), by striking or ; 
 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking action. and inserting action; ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: 
 
 (5) the proposed agency action is an action for which such agency’…

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