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Main Subject: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Electronic Permitting Modernization Act

This bill requires the Department of the Interior to design and deliver modernized electronic permitting systems.

Specifically, those systems must (1) be able to accept, process, and record applications for permits, forms, and other paperwork required for activities regulated by Interior; and (2) provide a centralized electronic permitting system online repository available to the public on its website.

Interior must provide periodic updates to Congress on this bill's implementation.

Senate Actions

IntroReferral
Sep. 25 2024	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

House floor actions Actions

Floor
Sep. 24 2024	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5729-5730) DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5509. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5729-5731) Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Calendars
Sep. 17 2024	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 577.

Committee
Sep. 17 2024	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-682.

IntroReferral
Sep. 14 2023	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Library of Congress Actions

Floor
Sep. 24 2024	Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5729-5730)

Committee
Sep. 17 2024	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-682.

IntroReferral
Sep. 14 2023	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Nov. 15 2023	Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged
Oct. 25 2023	Subcommittee Hearings Held
Oct. 24 2023	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.

House bill HR5509-118

Electronic Permitting Modernization Act

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