HR 6398 United States House · 119th Congress

RED Tape Act

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.

Issues: ✗ Environment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Dec 3, 2025 Last action Apr 17, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 1 edit · Apr 16, 2026

MINOR

The changes between the Introduced and Engrossed versions of HR 6398 (RED Tape Act) are entirely formatting and spacing corrections. No substantive policy language was added, removed, or modified.

TECHNICAL

Minor spacing adjustments throughout Section 2 (Policy review), including extra spaces before subsection labels (A), (C), and (2), and a blank line inserted after the introductory clause. No changes to the actual policy content.

Floor votes · House Apr 16, 2026

How they voted

222–205

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 431

Apr 16, 2026

D Democratic213

7 Yea 204 Nay 2

95% Nay

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican217

214 Yea 1 Nay 2

98% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 17, 2026

Committee

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

upper

Apr 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 222 - 205 (Roll no. 118).

lower

Apr 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 222 - 205 (Roll no. 118).

lower

Apr 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Mrs. Grijalva moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (text: CR H2912-2913)

lower

Apr 15, 2026

Lower · Passed

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1174 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6387, H.R. 6398, H.R. 6409 and H. Res. 1156. The resolution provides for consideration of each measure under a closed rule with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution also provides one motion to recommit on H.R. 6387, H.R. 6398, and H.R. 6409.

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-596.

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Dec 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 10.

lower

Dec 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Dec 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

lower

Dec 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

lower

Dec 3, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors