Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act
SPEED Act
Latest action (Dec 18, 2025) — Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Environment and Public Works.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Dec 4, 2025Standardizing 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.
Face Value
as passed the HouseHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Nothing counted against it: one area of law, and short enough that length doesn't register.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
What Congress did
5 recordeddecisive vote
House · Dec 18, 2025
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
On Agreeing to the Amendment
House · Dec 18, 2025
Whether to change the bill in the way this amendment proposes.
On Agreeing to the Amendment
House · Dec 18, 2025
Whether to change the bill in the way this amendment proposes.
On Agreeing to the Amendment
House · Dec 18, 2025
Whether to change the bill in the way this amendment proposes.
On
House · Dec 18, 2025
The minority party's last attempt to change the bill by sending it back to committee. It usually fails and is usually about forcing an awkward vote.
Who lobbied on this
36 organizationsThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- Agricultural Retailers Associationwanted it passed
“…Plans new regulations Working on ag stormwater discharge permitting provisions within H.R. 3898 Support permitting reforms such as NEPA reforms (HR 4776 - SPEED Act)” filing ↗
- American Public Power Associationwanted it passed
“Discussed support for H.R. 4776, the SPEED Act, to reform permitting processes under the National Environmental Policy Act (all provisions). Discussed support for H.R.…” filing ↗
- Cummins Inc.wanted it passed
“…Permitting Reform-H.R.…” filing ↗
- American Chemistry Councilno position stated
“…H.R.4776 - SPEED…” filing ↗
- American Electric Powerno position stated
“…Act effluent limitation guidelines H.R. 3900 (Water Quality Technology Availability Act), regarding Clean Water Act effluent limitation guidelines H.R. 4776 (SPEED Act), regarding amendment to the National Environmental Policy Act H.R. 161 (New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act), regarding…” filing ↗
- American Gas Associationno position stated
“…Permitting Reform. Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act (H.R. 4776) NEPA permitting reform legislation that establishes permitting deadlines, reduces duplicative and dilatory environmental reviews, and…” filing ↗
- Associated General Contractors of Americano position stated
“…H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED)…” filing ↗
- Black & Veatch Corporationno position stated
“…H.R.4776, SPEED Act.” filing ↗
- BNSF Railway Companyno position stated
“…Act of 2025, All matters pertaining to the railroad H.R. 5475, No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act, All matters pertaining to the railroad H.R. 4776, SPEED Act, All matters pertaining to the railroad H.R. 7567, theFarm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, All matters pertaining to…” filing ↗
- Conocophillipsno position stated
“…SPEED Act (H.R. 4776).” filing ↗
- Consumer Technology Associationno position stated
“…Reg. 7566 (Feb. 2, 2024). H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act.” filing ↗
- Duke Energy Corporationno position stated
“H.R. 4776 - Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act (reforming NEPA and section 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act).…” filing ↗
Most filings say only that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took — where that's the case we say so rather than guessing. Quotes are verbatim from the filing. How this is built.
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