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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 6398

Passed House

RED Tape Act

Sponsor
RJohn Joyce· Pennsylvania
Introduced
December 3, 2025
Policy area
Environmental Protection
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.April 17, 2026

Plain-language analysis

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6398 Referred in Senate (RFS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6398 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 17 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To amend the Clean Air Act relating to review by the Environmental Protection Agency of proposed legislation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act'' or the ``RED Tape Act''. SEC. 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''. Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2026. Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, Clerk.

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