H.R. 4776 · 119th Congress · pending

SPEED Act

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Latest official action 2025-12-18 · Referred

The bill, briefly

Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act or the SPEED Act This bill limits the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and modifies the environmental review of major federal actions under NEPA to generally limit the number of federal actions that trigger NEPA review and to expedite the review process. For example, the bill redefines major federal actions , including to specify that an agency may not determine that an action is a major federal action based solely on the provision of federal funds. It also excludes from the requirement for NEPA review certain proposed agency actions that have already been reviewed under another federal, state, or tribal environmental review statute that meets the requirements of NEPA. The bill directs an agency, when preparing an environmental document for a proposed agency action, to consider only those effects proximately caused by the immediate project or action under consideration. Agencies may not consider effects that are speculative, attenuated from the project or action, separate in time or place from the project or action, or in relation to separate projects or actions. The bill modifies the requirement for agencies to prepare an environmental assessment to apply to agency actions that are not likely to have a reasonably foreseeable significant effect on the quality of the human environment. …

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Congressional Research Service · 2025-12-04

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed

The reports below name this bill and disclose an organization’s overall lobbying expenses or a firm’s client income for the period. They can cover many bills and issues. These amounts are not payments to the bill or its politicians.

ESSENTIAL MINERALS ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY REPORTING AS IMA-NA)

Registrant: KOUNTOUPES DENHAM CARR & REID, LLC · 2026 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)

$40,000

Reported firm income from this client, all topics

Natural Resources

Issues related to mining, critical minerals, and domestic manufacturing and supply chain issues. Issues related to federal permitting reform, including S.4753, The Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 and H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act.

Lobbyists named: MARY R "RANDI" REID, MJ KENNY, LINDSAY GARCIA

Congress inferred from reporting year; verify the bill reference in the source.

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CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS

Registrant: WISE CAPITAL STRATEGY, LLC · 2026 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)

$30,000

Reported firm income from this client, all topics

Indian/Native American Affairs

Issues affecting federally recognized Native American tribes, including economic development, telecommunications, and energy; FY2027 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R.9171); S.239/H.R.725, Crow Revenue Act; S.240/H.R.726, Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act; H.R.4776, SPEED Act.

Lobbyists named: MATTHEW WISE

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INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES

Registrant: INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES · 2026 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)

$30,000

Total organization expenses, all reported topics

Natural Resources

H.R. 2457/S. 1130, Mining Schools Act, H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, H.R. 3898, Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act.

Lobbyists named: JULIA BOGUE

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CITY OF SANTA CLARA

Registrant: CITY OF SANTA CLARA · 2026 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30)

$10,000

Total organization expenses, all reported topics

Natural Resources

H.R. 573 / S. 1191 - Studying NEPAs Impact on Projects Act H.R. 4660 / S. 2390 - Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Reviews Act H.R. 4503 / S. 3800 - ePermit Act H.R. 4776 - SPEED Act Congressional actions and legislation related to federal land conveyance to municipal entities Actions by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) related to public lands, conservation, and project permitting Public lands policy and federal actions affecting the Northern Corridor project Federal policy and legislative proposals related to western land management and targeted federal land conveyances to support attainable and workforce housing

Lobbyists named: LANCE HAYNIE

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Housing

H.R. 4660 / S. 2390 - Unlocking Housing Supply Through Streamlined and Modernized Reviews Act H.R. 4503 / S. 3800 - ePermit Act H.R. 4776 - SPEED Act S. 4265 - Freedom to Build Act S. 3092 - Affordable Housing Expansion Act Federal legislative proposals and policy discussions related to expanding attainable and workforce housing through targeted federal land conveyances to local governments, particularly in western communities constrained by surrounding federal lands Federal policies and programs affecting housing supply, affordability, and development

Lobbyists named: LANCE HAYNIE

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2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.

Politicians behind the bill

Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.

Sponsor

Bruce Westerman

House · AR District 4 · Republican

$1,139,919PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Jared F. Golden

House · ME District 2 · Democratic

$250,994PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Henry Cuellar

House · TX District 28 · Democratic

$728,400PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Pete Stauber

House · MN District 8 · Republican

$990,868PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Vicente Gonzalez

House · TX District 34 · Democratic

$1,401,344PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Harriet M. Hageman

House · WY · Republican

Not availablePAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Michael Baumgartner

House · WA District 5 · Republican

$392,394PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Gabe Evans

House · CO District 8 · Republican

$1,351,784PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

House · WA District 3 · Democratic

$810,334PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Donald G. Davis

House · NC District 1 · Democratic

$1,515,790PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

House · IA District 1 · Republican

$2,222,989PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Adam Gray

House · CA District 13 · Democratic

$1,241,873PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Nicholas J. Begich III

House · AK · Republican

$939,794PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Jim Costa

House · CA District 21 · Democratic

$836,641PAC receipts · 2025–2026

Cosponsor

Jennifer A. Kiggans

House · VA District 2 · Republican

$1,138,106PAC receipts · 2025–2026

14 of 14 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$122,725

Bruce Westerman · Sponsor · $9,994

Jared F. Golden · Cosponsor · $4,994

Henry Cuellar · Cosponsor · $21,800

Pete Stauber · Cosponsor · $4,994

Vicente Gonzalez · Cosponsor · $9,994

Michael Baumgartner · Cosponsor · $9,494

Gabe Evans · Cosponsor · $4,994

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez · Cosponsor · $9,994

Donald G. Davis · Cosponsor · $9,994

Mariannette Miller-Meeks · Cosponsor · $5,994

Adam Gray · Cosponsor · $4,994

Nicholas J. Begich III · Cosponsor · $9,994

Jim Costa · Cosponsor · $9,497

Jennifer A. Kiggans · Cosponsor · $5,994

The bill, briefly

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

ESSENTIAL MINERALS ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY REPORTING AS IMA-NA)

CROW TRIBE OF INDIANS

INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES

CITY OF SANTA CLARA

Politicians behind the bill

Bruce Westerman

Jared F. Golden

Henry Cuellar

Pete Stauber

Vicente Gonzalez

Harriet M. Hageman

Michael Baumgartner

Gabe Evans

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Donald G. Davis

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Adam Gray

Nicholas J. Begich III

Jim Costa

Jennifer A. Kiggans

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

What happened after enactment?