The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan bill to modernize the National Environmental Policy Act and fast-track federal approval of U.S. infrastructure projects, according to a press release from Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), one of the bill’s co-sponsors.
The Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act seeks to limit the number of federal actions that can trigger NEPA project reviews in an attempt to accelerate the permitting process, according to the bill’s summary. The SPEED Act passed the House in a 221-196 vote.