SPEED Act

Summary

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 based solely on the provision of federal funds. It also excludes from the requirement for NEPA review certain proposed agency actions that have already been reviewed under another federal, state, or tribal environmental review statute that meets the requirements of NEPA. The bill directs an agency, when preparing an environmental document for a proposed agency action, to consider only those effects proximately caused by the immediate project or action under consideration. Agencies may not consider effects that are speculative, attenuated from the project or action, separate in time or place from the project or action, or in relation to separate projects or actions. The bill modifies the requirement for agencies to prepare an environmental assessment to apply to agency actions that are not likely to have a reasonably foreseeable significant effect on the quality of the human environment. (Currently, the requirement only applies to actions that do not have such an effect.) The bill makes a variety of other modifications to NEPA, including by limiting judicial review of NEPA cases.

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Timeline

1. 25 July 2025

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 July 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 25 July 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 10 September 2025

   Committee

   Committee Hearings Held

   Source: Committee

5. 20 November 2025

   Vote

   Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.

   Source: Committee

6. 20 November 2025

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

   Source: Committee

7. 4 December 2025

   Calendars

   Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 344.

   Source: Calendars

8. 4 December 2025

   Reported

   Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-395.

   Source: Committee

9. 4 December 2025

   Reported

   Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-395.

   Source: Committee

10. 15 December 2025

    Committee

    Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Natural Resources, H. Rept. 119-395, Part II.

    Source: Committee

11. 15 December 2025

    Committee

    Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Natural Resources, H. Rept. 119-395, Part II.

    Source: Committee

12. 16 December 2025

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 951 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632 and H.R. 4371. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, under a structured rule and H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632, and H.R. 4371 under a closed rule. The resolution provides one motion to recommit on each bill.

    Source: Floor

13. 18 December 2025

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

14. 18 December 2025

    Vote

    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 196 (Roll no. 356). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6037-6040)

    Source: Floor

15. 18 December 2025

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

    Source: IntroReferral

16. 18 December 2025

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 196 (Roll no. 356).

    Source: Floor

17. 18 December 2025

    Vote

    On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 206 - 211 (Roll no. 355).

    Source: Floor

18. 18 December 2025

    Floor

    The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

    Source: Floor

19. 18 December 2025

    Floor

    Ms. Lee (NV) moved to recommit to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H6068)

    Source: Floor

20. 18 December 2025

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

21. 18 December 2025

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4776.

    Source: Floor

22. 18 December 2025

    Floor

    The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

    Source: Floor

23. 18 December 2025

    Floor

    Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4776 as unfinished business.

    Source: Floor

24. 18 December 2025

    Passed

    On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

25. 18 December 2025

    Floor

    Mr. Westerman moved that the committee rise.

    Source: Floor

26. 18 December 2025

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632 and H.R. 4371. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, under a structured rule and H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632, and H.R. 4371 under a closed rule. The resolution provides one motion to recommit on each bill.

    Source: Floor

27. 18 December 2025

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 951 and Rule XVIII.

    Source: Floor

28. 18 December 2025

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Carol D. Miller to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

29. 18 December 2025

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 951. (consideration: CR H6029-6044)

    Source: Floor

Votes

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• Referred in Senate

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• Engrossed in House

  Engrossed in House · EN · 18 December 2025

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Sponsors

• Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to ← Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1366) to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 845) to require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue regulations removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review regulations that may affect the reliable operation of the bulk-power system; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3632) to amend the Federal Power Act to adjust the requirements for orders, rules, and regulations relating to furnishing adequate service, to require owners or operators of generating facilities to provide notice of planned retirements of certain electric generating units, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4371) to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to enhance efforts to combat the trafficking of children.
• related to ← Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6703) to ensure access to affordable health insurance; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 498) to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to prohibit Federal Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for minors; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3492) to amend section 116 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to genital and bodily mutilation and chemical castration of minors; and relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 4776) to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process.
• amends ← Amendment sought to clarify that direct harm does not include emotional, aesthetic, or recreational harm unaccompanied by a material physical or property harm.
• amends ← Amendment sought to clarify that the National Environmental Policy Act reviews only apply to environmental impacts that the lead agency or cooperating federal agencies have the legal authority to regulate.
• amends ← Amendment sought to define further what significant effects will trigger an Environmental Impact Statement.
• amends ← Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 951, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources is considered adopted and pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 953, the further amendment specified in section 5 is considered adopted.