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H. Rept. 119-392 1 (2025-12-04)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahwm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-392 EPERMIT ACT DECEMBER 4, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT together with ADDITIONAL VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 4503] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4503) to improve environmental reviews and authoriza- tions through the use of interactive, digital, and cloud-based plat- forms, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ePermit Act. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that- (1) coordination between Federal, State, and local agencies and project spon- sors is critical to ensuring the timely and effective completion of environmental reviews and authorizations, including through the sharing of relevant informa- tion, alignment of environmental review timelines, and integration of authoriza- tions, while maintaining compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements; (2) digital strategies for environmental reviews have proven to make the com- munity engagement process more accessible, available, and transparent to all stakeholders, especially the communities in which new projects are built; (3) establishing robust data architectures will ensure data integrity, improve transparency, reduce costs, and enhance the ability of the Federal Government to serve the public; (4) Federal agency use of modern software that can track the full lifecycle of environmental reviews and authorizations is critical for- (A) effective project management and process improvement; 69-006