RED Tape Act
Latest action (Apr 17, 2026) — Received in the Senate and Read twice and on Environment and Public Works.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Dec 3, 2025Reducing 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.
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
2 recordeddecisive vote
House · Apr 16, 2026
Whether the bill passes the House. This is the vote most people mean.
On
House · Apr 16, 2026
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
2 organizationsThese organizations told Congress, in their own quarterly disclosures, that they were lobbying on this bill.
- Interstate Natural Gas Association of Americano position stated
“…H.R. 4218, Clean Air and Economic Advancement Reform Act (provisions relating to the interstate natural gas pipeline sector). H.R. 6398, Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act (provisions relating to the interstate natural gas pipeline sector).…” filing ↗
- Portland Cement Associationno position stated
“…H.R.6398: Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations (RED Tape)…” 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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