H.R. 4503 House Environmental Protection
ePermit Act
STAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR
Currently in the House. Last action: received in the senate and read twice and referred to the committee on environment and public works on Dec 10, 2025.
- House Introduced in House Jul 17, 2025
- House Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Jul 17, 2025
- House Committee Hearings Held Sep 10, 2025
- House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Nov 20, 2025
- House Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent. Nov 20, 2025
- House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-392. Dec 4, 2025
- House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 341. Dec 4, 2025
- House Mr. Crank moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Dec 9, 2025
- House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5088-5091) Dec 9, 2025
- House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4503. Dec 9, 2025
- House 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
- 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
- House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Dec 9, 2025
- Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Dec 10, 2025
Cosponsors
11
Subjects
Advanced technology and technological innovationsAdvisory bodiesComputer security and identity theftComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchGovernment information and archivesInternet, web applications, social mediaLicensing and registrationsPublic contracts and procurement
Committees
- Environment and Public Works Committee
- [Referred To, Dec 10, 2025]
- Natural Resources Committee
- [Reported By, Dec 4, 2025]
- [Markup By, Nov 20, 2025]
- [Hearings By (full committee), Sep 10, 2025]
- [Referred To, Jul 17, 2025]
Summary
ePermit ActThis 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.
[Summary as of: Introduced in House]
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