HR 7870
117th Congress
House
Environmental Protection
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
To include certain computer-related projects in the Federal permitting program under title XLI of the FAST Act, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 24, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 24, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill expands the expedited environmental review and permitting process under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, commonly known as FAST-41, to include certain computer-related infrastructure projects. Specifically, the bill provides for the expedited review of infrastructure projects concerning semiconductors, artificial intelligence and machine learning, high-performance computing and advanced computer hardware and software, quantum information science and technology, data storage and data management, or cybersecurity.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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