HR 4503
Passed a chamber
Directs the Council on Environmental Quality and federal agencies to adopt common digital data standards and a shared cloud-based portal to speed up environmental reviews and permit decisions.
Official title: ePermit Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
17-JUL-2025
Referred
17-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
20-NOV-2025
Reported
04-DEC-2025
On the calendar
04-DEC-2025
Passed
09-DEC-2025
Senate
Received
10-DEC-2025
- Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to publish data standards within 60 days of enactment and implementation guidance within 120 days.
- Requires each federal agency responsible for environmental reviews to compare its systems against the standards, report to the Council, and begin implementing them within 180 days.
- Creates a common online authorization portal where project sponsors submit documents in one place and the public can view non-sensitive project timelines and status, with aggregated performance data available to Congress.
- Sets a December 1, 2027 target for building a unified interagency data system and states that automated project screening may not be used to unlawfully restrict activities on federal lands.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (17-JUL-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 09-DEC-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Environment and Public Works Committee (Senate)
Environmental Protection
■ 6 D■ 5 R
6 Democrats
5 Republicans