ePermit Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3800 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3800 To improve environmental reviews and authorizations through the use of interactive, digital, and cloud-based platforms, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 5, 2026 Mr. Curtis (for himself, Mr. Booker, Mr. Budd, Mr. Kelly, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Daines, and Mr. Hickenlooper) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve environmental reviews and authorizations through the use of interactive, digital, and cloud-based platforms, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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 sponsors is critical to ensuring the timely and effective completion of environmental reviews and authorizations, including through the sharing of relevant information, alignment of environmental review timelines, and integration of authorizations, while maintaining compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements; (2) digital strategies for environmental reviews have proven to make the community 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 en