Referred in Senate — H.R. 6398

IIB

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6398

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 17 (legislative day, April 14), 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

AN ACT

To amend the Clean Air Act relating to review by the Environmental Protection Agency of proposed legislation.

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.