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Legislative hearing on: • H.R. 573 (Rep. Yakym), “Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act” • H.R. 4503 (Rep. Johnson), “ePermit Act” • H.R. 4776 (Rep. Westerman), “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act” or the “SPEED Act”.

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DateSep 10, 2025
Time10:00 AM
CommitteeCommittee on Natural Resources
Location1324 LHOB Washington, D.C.

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Legislative hearing on: • H.R. 573 (Rep. Yakym), “Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act” • H.R. 4503 (Rep. Johnson), “ePermit Act” • H.R. 4776 (Rep. Westerman), “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act” or the “SPEED Act”
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Committee on Natural Resources
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025 (10:00 AM)
Published
September 3, 2025 at 01:50 PM
Last updated
October 8, 2025 at 05:26 PM

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DocumentDisclosure GlicksmanDocumentDisclosure HarrellDocumentDisclosure HochmanDocumentDisclosure LorisDocumentDisclosure DreherDocumentDisclosure LeviDocumentDisclosure LongobardiDocumentDisclosure Nolanbill textH.R. 573 (Rep. Yakym), “Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act”bill textH.R. 4503 (Rep. Johnson), “ePermit Act”bill textH.R. 4776 (Rep. Westerman), “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act” or the “SPEED Act”noticeHearing NoticememorandumHearing MemoDocumentSupport Document 2 DreherDocumentSupport Document 3 DreherDocumentSupport Document 4 DreherDocumentSupport Document 1 DreherDocumentCouncil on Environmental Quality Statement FTRDocumentRep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Breakthrough Institute - Understanding NEPA LitigationDocumentRep. Wittman FTR Green Tape Post - NEPAstatsDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Institute for Progress - No, NEPA Really Is a Problem for Clean EnergyDocumentRep. Crank and Chairman Westerman FTR American Exploration and Production Council SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentRep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Family Farm Alliance SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentRep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Independent Women's Voice SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentRep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Laborer's International Union of North America SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentRep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Public Lands Council, ASIA, and ANG SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentRep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR National Hispanic Energy Council Speed Act Letter of SupportDocumentRep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Rio Grande County Board of County Commissioners SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentRep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentRep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Virginia Beach City Council SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR ACCA; ACORE; AEMA; CLNG; etc Joint Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR AI Supply Chain Alliance SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Alaska Energy Metals Corporation SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Alaska Miners Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR ALEC Action SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Cement Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Cement Association SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Clean Power SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Compass SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Conservation Coalition Action SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Council for Capital Formation SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Exploration & Production Council SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Forest & Paper Association SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Petroleum Institute SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Public Power Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Public Works Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Road & Transportation Builders Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Road & Transportation Builders Association SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Americans for Prosperity SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Americans for Prosperity SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Arizona Rock Products Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Arkansas Department of Transportation SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas, Inc. SPEED Act Statment of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Associated Builders and Contractors SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Associated Oregon Loggers, Inc. SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Association of Arkansas Counties SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Business Roundtable SPEED ACT Tweet of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR C3 Solutions SPEED Act Statement of Support UPDATEDDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Center of the American Experiment SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR ClearPath Action SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR ClearPath Action SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Club 20 SPEED ACT Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Colorado Conservation Alliance SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Colorado Mining Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Consumer Energy Alliance SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Edison Electric Institute SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Electric Power Supply Association SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Energy Workforce & Technology Council and Gulf Energy Alliance etc. SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Entergy Arkansas SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentRep. Stauber and Chairman Westerman FTR Family Farm Alliance SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Forest Landowners Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Forest Resources Association SPEED ACT Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Foundation for American Innovation SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Garver SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Geothermal Rising SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR GPA Midstream Association SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Gulf South Business Roundtable SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Huerfano County Board of County Comissioners SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Integra Resources SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Interstate Natural Gas Association of America SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Mechanical Contractors Association of America SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Micron SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Missouri River Energy Services SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR National Association of Manufacturers SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR National Mining Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR National Mining Association SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR National Ocean Industries Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR National Rural Electric Cooperative Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Natural Gas Supply Association and Center for Liquified Natural Gas SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Oceantic Network SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Oregon Water Resources Congress SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Quanta Services SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR R Street Institute SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Securing America's Future Energy SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Stakeholder Letter of Support for ePermit ActDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Talos Energy SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR The Permitting Institute SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Trails Preservation Alliance SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR U.S Chamber of Commerce, Global Energy Institute SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Utah Rural Electric Cooperative Association SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Vulcan Elements SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Western Fire Chiefs SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Women's Mining Coalition SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Zero Emission Transportation Association SPEED Act Statement of SupportDocumentRep. Ezell and Chairman Westerman FTR Mississippi Department of Transportation SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentRep. Ezell and Chairman Westerman FTR Southern Mississippi Planning & Develoment District SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentRep. Stauber FTR Niskanen Center Report - Contextualizing Electric Transmission Permitting Data from 2010 to 2020DocumentRep. Stauber FTR Fervo Energy LetterDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Green Tape Post - NEPAstats Vol 2, WildfiresDocumentChairman Westerman FTR American Forest Resource Council SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Minnesota Forest Industries SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Commercial Space Federation SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Edison Electric Institute SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Associated General Contractors of America SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR ConservAmerica SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR Mississippi Forestry Association Speed Act Letter of SupportDocumentRanking Member Huffman FTR 1872 Mining LawDocumentRanking Member Huffman FTR CEQ Aug 1970 ReportDocumentRanking Member Huffman FTR Coalition Letter 1DocumentRanking Member Huffman FTR Coalition Letter 2DocumentRanking Member Huffman FTR Comptroller General of the United States 1977 ReportDocumentRanking Member Huffman FTR Ecology Law Quarterly - Permitting Reform's False ChoiceDocumentRanking Member Huffman FTR Environmental Research Letters - Quantifying the substantive influence of public comment on the United States federal environmental decisions under NEPADocumentRanking Member Huffman FTR Equal Access for Justice Act RegulationsDocumentRanking Member Huffman FTR National Parks Conservation Association LetterDocumentRep. Rivas FTR WE ACT for Environmental Justice - NEPA Does Not DelayDocumentChairman Westerman FTR National Electrical Contractors Association SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentChairman Westerman FTR National Electrical Contractors Association (Oregon-Columbia Chapter, Oregon Pacific-Cascade Chapter, and Northwest Line Constructors Chapter) SPEED Act Letter of SupportDocumentQFR Responses NolanDocumentQFR Responses LongobardiDocumentQFR Responses Hochman