Last progress April 9, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on April 9, 2025 by Nicholas A. Langworthy
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
This proposal would fast-track approval for very large factory projects in the United States. To qualify, a project must cost at least $1 billion and need federal approvals. These projects would no longer need certain federal environmental permits, including permits for filling or dredging waters and some endangered species protections. In some cases, a state or Tribal environmental review could be used instead of a full federal review, if it covers similar issues and the public is informed about the decision process.
It would also sharply limit lawsuits. Courts could not review government decisions that approve these big factory projects. Only one federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., could hear challenges to the fast-track rule itself, not to individual project approvals.