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Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act or the RED Tape Act
This bill removes the requirement under the Clean Air Act that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review and comment on newly authorized federal construction projects and other major federal agency actions that already require review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and proposed federal regulations.
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1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the "Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act" or the "RED Tape Act".
2. Policy review
Section 309 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7609) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking "and comment in writing" and inserting ", and comment in writing,";
(B) by striking "Administrator," and inserting "Administrator";
(C) by striking "(1)"; and
(D) by striking ", (2) newly authorized Federal projects for construction and any major Federal agency action (other than a project for construction) to which section 102(2)(C) of "Public Law 91–190" applies, and (3) proposed regulations published by any department or agency of the Federal Government"; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ", action, or regulation".April 9, 2026Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed