HR6398Passed House
RED Tape Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-12-03
Introduced
0
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
John Joyce
Republican · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 95.7% (558 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/J000302
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (0)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.
Latest Action
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2026-04-17
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public WorksReferred To · 2026-04-17
Previously
- Environment and Public Works CommitteeReferred To · 2026-04-17
- Energy and Commerce CommitteeUnknown · 2026-04-15
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceUnknown · 2026-04-15
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReported By · 2026-04-09
- Energy and Commerce CommitteeReported By · 2026-04-09
Plain-English Summary
Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act or the RED Tape Act This bill removes the requirement under the Clean Air Act that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review and comment on newly authorized federal construction projects and other major federal agency actions that already require review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and proposed federal regulations.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
How Congress Voted
Roll Call #111
PassedParty-Line Vote2026-04-15 · HouseOn Ordering the Previous Question
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 6387, H.R. 6398, and H.R. 6409); and providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1156)
D: 0 Yes / 211 NoR: 211 Yes / 0 No
Total: 212 Yes / 211 No / 8 Not Voting
Broke With Party (2)
Committee Members Who Voted (844)
Full Vote Breakdown (431 members)
Yes (212)
No (211)
Not Voting / Present (8)
Roll Call #112
PassedParty-Line Vote2026-04-15 · HouseOn Agreeing to the Resolution
Providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 6387, H.R. 6398, and H.R. 6409); and providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1156)
D: 0 Yes / 212 NoR: 213 Yes / 0 No
Total: 214 Yes / 212 No / 5 Not Voting
Broke With Party (2)
Committee Members Who Voted (844)
Full Vote Breakdown (431 members)
Yes (214)
No (212)
Not Voting / Present (5)
Who Funded the Votes?
Campaign-finance totals by industry, sourced from FEC filings, joined to vote positions from Congress.gov.
Who Funded the Votes?
Total campaign dollars received by members voting Yes vs No, grouped by industry sector.
Voted Yes
$2.2Macross 214 members
Conservative Groups$1.0M
47% of this group's total
Crypto & Digital Assets$920K
42% of this group's total
Veterans$138K
6% of this group's total
Finance & Banking$74K
3% of this group's total
Real Estate$48K
2% of this group's total
Voted No
$459Kacross 212 members
Progressive Groups$268K
58% of this group's total
Climate & Environment$75K
16% of this group's total
Crypto & Digital Assets$56K
12% of this group's total
Veterans$40K
9% of this group's total
LGBTQ+$20K
4% of this group's total
Subjects
Environmental Protection
Full Bill Text
Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6398 Engrossed in House (EH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6398 _______________________________________________________________________ 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: Clerk. 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6398 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To amend the Clean Air Act relating to review by the Environmental Protection Agency of proposed legislation.
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