S. 3800 119th Congress Senate

ePermit Act

Official title: A bill to improve environmental reviews and authorizations through the use of interactive, digital, and cloud-based platforms, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 5, 2026 Introduced by: John R. Curtis Republican · Utah See on congress.gov

Environmental Protection

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Feb 5, 2026

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

Feb 5, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

ePermit Act

This bill establishes requirements related to digitizing environmental reviews conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) must develop, publish, and iteratively update data standards for the collection and curation of certain data related to environmental reviews. CEQ must also design, test, and build prototype tools for environmental reviews.

Additionally, CEQ must publish guidance to assist relevant agencies in implementing such standards as well as certain minimum functional requirements, such as data sharing that enables automated transfer of relevant data among federal agencies. Federal agencies responsible for environmental reviews or authorizations must implement the data standards and such minimum functional requirements.

To the maximum extent practicable, CEQ and such agencies must iteratively develop and maintain a unified interagency data system consisting of interconnected federal agency systems and shared services for environmental reviews and authorizations, including a common interactive, digital, cloud-based authorization portal.

Within a year, CEQ must oversee a pilot of shared services for environmental reviews and authorizations, including the portal. To the maximum extent practicable, CEQ must develop and implement the unified interagency data system by December 1, 2027.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Environment and Public Works Committee
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Lobbying activity 16

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
for AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
for COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS
for CENTER FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
CITY OF SANTA CLARA
for CITY OF SANTA CLARA · Utah · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
SALT RIVER PROJECT
for SALT RIVER PROJECT · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

SENATE
16 filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
15 filings
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
8 filings
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
5 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
4 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
4 filings
Energy, Dept of
4 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
4 filings

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Cosponsors 9