HR 4503 ยท ePermit Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Introduced
- Jul 17, 2025
- Latest action
- Dec 10, 2025
- Sponsor
- Rep. Dusty Johnson [R-SD-At Large]
- Policy area
- Environmental Protection
- Cosponsors
- 11
Summary
ePermit Act This bill establishes requirements related to digitizing environmental reviews conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) must develop, publish, and iteratively update data standards for the collection and curation of certain data related to environmental reviews. CEQ must also design, test, and build prototype tools for environmental reviews. Additionally, CEQ must publish guidance to assist relevant agencies in implementing such standards as well as certain minimum functional requirements, such as data sharing that enables automated transfer of relevant data among federal agencies. Federal agencies responsible for environmental reviews or authorizations must implement the data standards and such minimum functional requirements. To the maximum extent practicable, CEQ and such agencies must iteratively develop and maintain a unified interagency data system consisting of interconnected federal agency systems and shared services for environmental reviews and authorizations, including a common interactive, digital, cloud-based authorization portal. Within a year, CEQ must oversee a pilot of shared services for environmental reviews and authorizations, including the portal. To the maximum extent practicable, CEQ must develop and implement the unified interagency data system by December 1, 2027.
Recent actions
- Dec 10, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Dec 9, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 9, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5088-5091)
- Dec 9, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5088-5091)
- Dec 9, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4503.
- Dec 9, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5088-5091)
- Dec 9, 2025 Mr. Crank moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 4, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 341.
Votes
No recorded votes are available for this bill.