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H.R. 4776U.S. CongressPassed House 119th Congress

SPEED Act

Last status update Dec 18, 2025

What this measure contains

Standardizing 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.

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  1. Introduced in House
  2. Reported in House
  3. Referred in Senate
  4. Engrossed in Houseby House passage

Decision stages

  1. House amendment on Reported in House: Failed

    205 aye · 220 no · 14 not voting · Source roll call

  2. House amendment on Reported in House: Failed

    208 aye · 214 no · 16 not voting · Source roll call

  3. House amendment on Reported in House: Failed

    204 aye · 217 no · 17 not voting · Source roll call

  4. House motion to recommit on Reported in House: Failed

    206 aye · 211 no · 16 not voting · Source roll call

  5. House passage on Reported in House: Passed, reported as Engrossed in House

    221 aye · 196 no · 16 not voting · Source roll call

House members along the path

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Aye yea or aye · No nay or no · Present · NV not voting · Changed reversed on advancing the measure

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Legislative history

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  3. Committee Hearings Held

  4. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  5. Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.

  6. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-395.

  7. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 344.

  8. Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Natural Resources, H. Rept. 119-395, Part II.

  9. Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 951 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632 and H.R. 4371. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, under a structured rule and H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632, and H.R. 4371 under a closed rule. The resolution provides one motion to recommit on each bill.

  10. Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 951. (consideration: CR H6029-6044)

  11. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632 and H.R. 4371. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4776, under a structured rule and H.R. 1366, H.R. 845, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632, and H.R. 4371 under a closed rule. The resolution provides one motion to recommit on each bill.

  12. The Speaker designated the Honorable Carol D. Miller to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.

  13. House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 951 and Rule XVIII.

  14. GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 4776.

  15. GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole resumed general debate on H.R. 4776.

  16. DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 951, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Clyde amendment No. 1.

  17. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Clyde amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote, announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Huffman demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

  18. DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 951, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Roy amendment No. 5.

  19. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Roy amendment No. 5, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote, announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Huffman demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

  20. DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 951, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Roy amendment No. 6.

  21. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Roy amendment No. 6, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote, announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Huffman demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

  22. Mr. Westerman moved that the committee rise.

  23. On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.

  24. Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4776 as unfinished business.

  25. Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6065-6069)

  26. The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

  27. The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4776.

  28. The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

  29. Ms. Lee (NV) moved to recommit to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H6068)

  30. The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

  31. On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 206 - 211 (Roll no. 355).

  32. Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 196 (Roll no. 356).

  33. On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 196 (Roll no. 356). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H6037-6040)

  34. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  35. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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