SPEED Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-07-25
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “SPEED Act” Read the full text
Environmental Protection
What it does
Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act or the SPEED Act This bill limits the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and modifies the environmental review of major federal actions under NEPA to generally limit the number of federal actions that trigger NEPA review and to expedite the review process. For example, the bill redefines major federal actions , including to specify that an agency may not determine that an action is a major federal action based solely on the provision of federal funds. It also excludes from the requirement for NEPA revie
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-07-25
In the House.
Committee hearing · 2025-09-10
Passed the House · 2025-12-18
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textread it on this site, version eh (Engrossed in House), as published by GovInfo
officialThe on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
15
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYvia CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
7 filingsSECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE ENERGY ALLIANCEvia SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE ENERGY ALLIANCE
7 filingsAMERICAN PIPELINE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONvia GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SOLUTIONS, LLC
6 filingsCORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATIONvia CORPORATE ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION
6 filingsDOW CHEMICAL COMPANY DBA DOWvia THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, DBA DOW
6 filingsDUKE ENERGY CORPORATIONvia DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
6 filingsAMERICANS FOR PROSPERITYvia AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
5 filingsCENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONSvia CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS
5 filingsFrom 664 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (2025-12-18).