House Approves Critical Reforms for American Energy Production and Infrastructure Projects

WASHINGTON - Speaker Johnson released the following statement to highlight House Republicans' continued work to implement a pro-growth agenda through overdue permitting reforms and commonsense deregulation with the passage of this week's House bills.

"The House is fixing a broken permitting system that has driven up costs and blocked critical American energy and infrastructure projects for far too long," Speaker Johnson said. "The National Environmental Policy Act has been stretched far beyond its original intent, and we are taking away its ability to be weaponized or misused for activist-driven litigation and partisan agendas. House Republicans continue to pass commonsense legislation that codifies President Trump's executive orders and advances a pro-growth agenda to lower energy costs, strengthen national security, unleash American energy production, and get American workers and industry building again."

This Week's Adopted Bills to Advance American Energy and Infrastructure Projects:

H.R. 3632 - Power Plant Reliability Act (Sponsored by Rep. Morgan Griffith): Requires a five-year notice for power plant shutdowns and allows FERC to extend operations for up to five years if necessary for grid reliability and override conflicting environmental regulations.

H.R. 1366 - Mining Regulatory Clarity Act (Sponsored by Rep. Mark Amodei): Corrects the damages of the Rosemont Decision and advances critical mining projects.

H.R. 4776 - Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) ACT (Sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman): Streamlines and reforms the federal permitting process and restores the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to its original intent.

H.R. 3616 - Reliable Power Act (Sponsored by Rep. Troy Balderson): Ensures coordination between FERC and federal agencies on regulations to avoid threats to grid reliability and requires annual grid reliability assessments.

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