H.R. 6398 · 119th Congress · Environmental protection
RED Tape Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Apr 16, 2026
Roll call ↗222
205
Passed the House.
Passed the House on April 16, 2026.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
- IntroducedDec 3, 2025
- CommitteeApr 9, 2026
- Passed HouseApr 16, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- None
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Lobbying
- At least 19
- organizations named it2025 Q4 to 2026 Q3
What it does
The bill narrows the Environmental Protection Agency's mandatory review duty under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, April 16, 2026
Yea unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
The bill narrows the Environmental Protection Agency's mandatory review duty under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act. Today that section directs EPA to review and comment in writing on proposed federal legislation, newly authorized construction projects and major federal actions subject to environmental review, and proposed regulations from federal departments and agencies. The bill strikes the review of newly authorized construction projects, major federal actions, and proposed regulations, leaving EPA's Section 309 review duty limited to proposed legislation.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 19 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 49 quarterly reports filed by 2 lobbying firms and by 17 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: American Petroleum Institute; American Lung Association; Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.; National Mining Association; Earthjustice Action. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 14 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.