Legislative hearing on: • H.R. 573 (Rep. Yakym), “Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act” • H.R. 4503 (Rep. Johnson), “ePermit Act” • H.R. 4776 (Rep. Westerman), “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act” or the “SPEED Act”

Natural Resources Committee · House · Hearing · Sep 10, 2025 · 1324, Longworth House Office Building

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Summary

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Legislation considered

HR 4503 ePermit Act
HR 4776 SPEED Act
HR 573 Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act

Motions and votes

No recorded votes were published for this proceeding.

Witnesses (11)

Mr. Nick Loris Executive Vice President of Policy C3 Solutions Written testimony ↗
Mr. Josh Levi President Data Center Coalition Written testimony ↗
Mr. Jeremy Harrell CEO ClearPath Action Written testimony ↗
Mr. Bob Dreher Environmental Attorney (retired) Written testimony ↗
Mr. Rich Nolan President & CEO National Mining Association Written testimony ↗
Mr. Thomas Hochman Director of Infrastructure Policy Foundation for American Innovation Written testimony ↗
The Honorable Bruce Westerman Member of Congress
The Honorable Rudy Yakym Member of Congress
The Honorable Dusty Johnson Member of Congress
Mr. Robert Glicksman J.B. & Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law The George Washington University Law School Written testimony ↗
Mr. Dominick Longobardi Member; Deputy Town Comptroller & Director of Purchasing American Public Works Association; Town of Hempstead Written testimony ↗

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Documents (151)

Supporting document Rep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Virginia Beach City Council SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Petroleum Institute SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Support Document 4 Dreher
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Association of Arkansas Counties SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Consumer Energy Alliance SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Mechanical Contractors Association of America SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR C3 Solutions SPEED Act Statement of Support UPDATED
Supporting document Rep. Stauber FTR Fervo Energy Letter
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR AI Supply Chain Alliance SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Public Power Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Support Document 1 Dreher
Supporting document Rep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Family Farm Alliance SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Business Roundtable SPEED ACT Tweet of Support
Supporting document Rep. Wittman FTR Green Tape Post - NEPAstats
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Council for Capital Formation SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Green Tape Post - NEPAstats Vol 2, Wildfires
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Institute for Progress - No, NEPA Really Is a Problem for Clean Energy
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Alaska Miners Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Forest & Paper Association SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Huerfano County Board of County Comissioners SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Natural Gas Supply Association and Center for Liquified Natural Gas SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR R Street Institute SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Geothermal Rising SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Road & Transportation Builders Association SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Americans for Prosperity SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Rep. Ezell and Chairman Westerman FTR Southern Mississippi Planning & Develoment District SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Rep. Stauber FTR Niskanen Center Report - Contextualizing Electric Transmission Permitting Data from 2010 to 2020
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR National Electrical Contractors Association (Oregon-Columbia Chapter, Oregon Pacific-Cascade Chapter, and Northwest Line Constructors Chapter) SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Americans for Prosperity SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR ClearPath Action SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR ClearPath Action SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Forest Landowners Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Council on Environmental Quality Statement FTR
Supporting document Rep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Breakthrough Institute - Understanding NEPA Litigation
Supporting document QFR Responses Longobardi
Supporting document QFR Responses Hochman
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR National Ocean Industries Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Oregon Water Resources Congress SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Oceantic Network SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Quanta Services SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Western Fire Chiefs SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Rep. Ezell and Chairman Westerman FTR Mississippi Department of Transportation SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Rep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Laborer's International Union of North America SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Public Works Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Rep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Public Lands Council, ASIA, and ANG SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Utah Rural Electric Cooperative Association SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas, Inc. SPEED Act Statment of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR U.S Chamber of Commerce, Global Energy Institute SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR The Permitting Institute SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Trails Preservation Alliance SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Vulcan Elements SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Women's Mining Coalition SPEED Act Letter of Support
Bill text H.R. 4776 (Rep. Westerman), “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act” or the “SPEED Act”
Supporting document Rep. Crank and Chairman Westerman FTR American Exploration and Production Council SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Rep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Club 20 SPEED ACT Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR National Mining Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR National Mining Association SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Ranking Member Huffman FTR Ecology Law Quarterly - Permitting Reform's False Choice
Bill text H.R. 4503 (Rep. Johnson), “ePermit Act”
Supporting document Rep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Independent Women's Voice SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Alaska Energy Metals Corporation SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Edison Electric Institute SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Entergy Arkansas SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Rep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Family Farm Alliance SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR National Electrical Contractors Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document QFR Responses Nolan
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Gulf South Business Roundtable SPEED Act Statement of Support
Bill text H.R. 573 (Rep. Yakym), “Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act”
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Securing America's Future Energy SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Rep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR National Hispanic Energy Council Speed Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Cement Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Arizona Rock Products Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Electric Power Supply Association SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Energy Workforce & Technology Council and Gulf Energy Alliance etc. SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Zero Emission Transportation Association SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Conservation Coalition Action SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Associated Builders and Contractors SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Colorado Conservation Alliance SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR ALEC Action SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Missouri River Energy Services SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Ranking Member Huffman FTR Equal Access for Justice Act Regulations
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR National Association of Manufacturers SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Stakeholder Letter of Support for ePermit Act
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Forest Resource Council SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Minnesota Forest Industries SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Commercial Space Federation SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Ranking Member Huffman FTR National Parks Conservation Association Letter
Supporting document Rep. Rivas FTR WE ACT for Environmental Justice - NEPA Does Not Delay
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR ConservAmerica SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Mississippi Forestry Association Speed Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Ranking Member Huffman FTR 1872 Mining Law
Supporting document Ranking Member Huffman FTR CEQ Aug 1970 Report
Supporting document Ranking Member Huffman FTR Coalition Letter 1
Supporting document Ranking Member Huffman FTR Coalition Letter 2
Supporting document Ranking Member Huffman FTR Comptroller General of the United States 1977 Report
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Road & Transportation Builders Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Hearing Memo
Supporting document Ranking Member Huffman FTR Environmental Research Letters - Quantifying the substantive influence of public comment on the United States federal environmental decisions under NEPA
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Edison Electric Institute SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Associated General Contractors of America SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Hearing Notice
Supporting document Support Document 2 Dreher
Supporting document Support Document 3 Dreher
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Colorado Mining Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Micron SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Arkansas Department of Transportation SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Forest Resources Association SPEED ACT Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Foundation for American Innovation SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Garver SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR ACCA; ACORE; AEMA; CLNG; etc Joint Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Cement Association SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Clean Power SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Compass SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR GPA Midstream Association SPEED Act Statement of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Integra Resources SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Interstate Natural Gas Association of America SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR National Rural Electric Cooperative Association SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR American Exploration & Production Council SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Talos Energy SPEED Act Letter of Support
Supporting document Chairman Westerman FTR Associated Oregon Loggers, Inc. SPEED Act Letter of Support
Witness document Witness Biography
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Witness document Witness Truth in Testimony
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Source: the official Congress.gov record for this event — https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-Congress/house-event/118561. Committee record: Committee record.

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