Bill Information for hr4776-119

Long Title

To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process.

Short Title

SPEED Act

Vote Information

Status: PASS_OVER:HOUSE as of 2025-12-18 19:40:22.

Sponsor: This bill was sponsored by Bruce Westerman (R-AR).

Party line votes are determined based on this being a R-sponsored piece of legislation. See here for information on how party line votes are determined.

Vote count: There were 5 roll call votes on this bill in total.

Amendments

There were 3 amendments to this bill that received a roll call vote. The amendments are listed below with their sponsors:

• -- Amendment hamdt140-119 filed by Chip Roy (R) : Amendment sought to define further what significant effects will trigger an Environmental Impact Statement.
• -- Amendment hamdt139-119 filed by Chip Roy (R) : Amendment sought to revise the scope of review clause so the bill clarifies that NEPA review only applies to environmental impacts that the lead agency or cooperating federal agencies have the legal authority to regulate.
• -- Amendment hamdt138-119 filed by Andrew S. Clyde (R) : Amendment sought to clarify that direct harm does not include emotional, aesthetic, or recreational harm unaccompanied by a material physical or property harm.

Party line votes for these amendments are determined based on the party of the amendment sponsor, NOT the bill's sponsor.

Vote Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of party line and non-party line votes per party for each roll call vote taken.