US EditionHouse backs bill to speed permitting reviews for new energy and infrastructure projects
The SPEED Act limits judicial review and tightens federal permitting timelines for energy and infrastructure projects, aiming to reduce years-long delays, supporters say.
- On Dec. 18, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act and sent it to the U.S. Senate, where it faces an uphill fight.
- Amid worries about slow approvals, lawmakers framed the bill as NEPA modernization to speed project reviews, with supporters saying delays hurt AI data centers and electric grid needs.
- Technical changes narrowed judicial review and tightened timelines, carving out an exception for January 20 agency actions and protecting Trump administration moves on offshore wind projects.
- With Senate opposition likely, passage in current form is uncertain as Senate Democrats including Martin Heinrich, Sheldon Whitehouse and Brian Schatz say the bill "does not meet that standard" and at least seven Democrats would be needed to overcome a filibuster.
- Most notably, the measure would reshape decades-old NEPA practice by affecting permits for oil and gas, solar and wind projects, power transmission lines, and data centers, while critics warn it reduces public input and legal remedies.
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U.S. House passes Westerman-backed bill to speed infrastructure permits, scale back environmental law | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., started this Congress with a goal: get the House of Representatives to pass legislation before the holidays addressing permitting for energy and infrastructure projects.
House Sends Land Development Permit Reform Bill to Senate - The Thinking Conservative News
The House passed the SPEED) Act designed to trim environmental reviews and judicial timelines for the development of federal public lands. The post House Sends Land Development Permit Reform Bill to Senate appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.
House Sends Land Development Permit Reform Bill to Senate
The Republican-led House passed a permit reform bill designed to trim environmental reviews and judicial timelines for the development of federal public lands in a 221–196 vote on Dec. 18. The Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, co-filed in July by House Natural Resources Committee Chair Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), now moves to the Senate. The SPEED Act legislation outlines…
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American Energy + AI Coalition Commends House Passage of the SPEED Act
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Energy + AI (AE+AI) Coalition commends the passage of H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, by the U.S. House of Representatives. The SPEED Act is sponsored by…
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