Passed in the House on December 18, 2025 · 221 Yea, 196 Nay, 16 Not Voting
Question: On Passage: H R 4776 SPEED Act
In plain English: This bill changes how federal agencies review projects that might affect the environment, aiming to speed up the process by narrowing what triggers a review and limiting what impacts agencies must consider. It also restricts how courts can review these environmental decisions.
Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act or the SPEED Act This bill limits the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and modifies the environmental review of major federal actions under NEPA to generally limit the number of federal actions that trigger NEPA review and to expedite the review process. For example, the bill redefines major federal actions, including to specify that an agency may not determine that an action is a major federal action…