ePermit Act
Introduced Jul 17, 2025 by Rep. Dusty Johnson
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill establishes requirements related to digitizing environmental reviews conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) must develop, publish, and iteratively update data standards for the collection and curation of certain data related to environmental reviews. CEQ must also design, test, and build prototype tools for environmental reviews.
Additionally, CEQ must publish guidance to assist relevant agencies in implementing such standards as well as certain minimum functional requirements, such as data sharing that enables automated transfer of relevant data among federal agencies. Federal agencies responsible for environmental reviews or authorizations must implement the data standards and such minimum functional requirements.
To the maximum extent practicable, CEQ and such agencies must iteratively develop and maintain a unified interagency data system consisting of interconnected federal agency systems and shared services for environmental reviews and authorizations, including a common interactive, digital, cloud-based authorization portal.
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Dec 10, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- Dec 9, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 9, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5088-5091)
- Dec 9, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5088-5091)
- Dec 9, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4503.
- Dec 9, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5088-5091)
- Dec 9, 2025Mr. Crank moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 4, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 341.
- Dec 4, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-392.
- Nov 20, 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
- Nov 20, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 10, 2025Committee Hearings Held
- Jul 17, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jul 17, 2025Introduced in House