HR 6398 · RED Tape Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Introduced
- Dec 3, 2025
- Latest action
- Apr 17, 2026
- Sponsor
- Rep. John Joyce [R-PA-13]
- Policy area
- Environmental Protection
- Cosponsors
- 0
Summary
Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act or the RED Tape Act This bill removes the requirement under the Clean Air Act that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review and comment on newly authorized federal construction projects and other major federal agency actions that already require review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and proposed federal regulations.
Recent actions
- Apr 17, 2026 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Apr 16, 2026 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 16, 2026 On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 222 - 205 (Roll no. 118).
- Apr 16, 2026 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 222 - 205 (Roll no. 118).
- Apr 16, 2026 On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 213 - 216 (Roll no. 117).
- Apr 16, 2026 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2938-2939)
- Apr 15, 2026 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 6398, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Grijalva demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- Apr 15, 2026 The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.