H.R. 6398

Summary

H.R. 6398, the RED Tape Act, was introduced in the House on Dec 3, 2025 by Rep. John Joyce (R). It was referred to Environment And Public Works, and last saw action on Apr 17, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Record

Text

H.R. 6398 has 2 roll calls.

119 HR 6398 EH: Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 119th CONGRESS  2d Session
 H. R. 6398
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
To amend the Clean Air Act relating to review by the Environmental Protection Agency of proposed legislation.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act   or the   RED Tape Act  .
2.
Policy review
Section 309 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7609 ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
by striking  and comment in writing  and inserting  , and comment in writing, ;
(B)
by striking  Administrator,  and inserting  Administrator ;
(C)
by striking  (1) ; and
(D)
by striking  , (2) newly authorized Federal projects for construction and any major Federal agency action (other than a project for construction) to which section 102(2)(C) of  Public Law 91–190  applies, and (3) proposed regulations published by any department or agency of the Federal Government ; and
(2)
in subsection (b), by striking  , action, or regulation .
    Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2026.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. John Joyce (R) sponsors H.R. 6398 alone.

John Joyce

Rep. · R–PA-13 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 6398 went before 3 committees: Environment and Public Works, Energy and Commerce and Environment Subcommittee.

Environment and Public Works

Environment and Public Works

Referred To · Apr 17, 2026 · 257 Bills

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Reported By · Apr 9, 2026 · 1,636 Bills

Environment Subcommittee

Environment Subcommittee

Reported by · Dec 10, 2025

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 6398, the latest H. Rept. 119-596.

• H. Rept. 119-596 — REDUCING AND ELIMINATING DUPLICATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ACT

Actions

H.R. 6398 has taken 23 actions since Dec 3, 2025, the latest on Apr 17, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 6398 went to 2 roll calls in the House, the latest on Apr 16, 2026 at 222–205.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 6398.

HRES 1174Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6387) to amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6398) to amend the Clean Air Act relating to review by the Environmental Protection Agency of proposed legislation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6409) to amend the Clean Air Act to clarify standards for emissions emanating from outside of the United States, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1156) expressing support for tax policies that support working families.Apr 15, 2026 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · Related bill

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Titles

H.R. 6398 goes by 11 titles, 8 of them short titles.

• RED Tape Act — Display Title
• RED Tape Act — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
• To amend the Clean Air Act relating to review by the Environmental Protection Agency of proposed legislation. — Official Title as Introduced
• Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
• Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• To amend the Clean Air Act relating to review by the Environmental Protection Agency of proposed legislation. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
• RED Tape Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
• RED Tape Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• RED Tape Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

18 clients hired 18 firms and 195 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6398 in 38 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Transportation, Clean Air and Water (quality), Environment/Superfund, Trade (domestic/foreign), Natural Resources.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 195.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6398 under Environmental Protection, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 6 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6398’s is Environmental Protection.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 6398 carries 6 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Air quality to Environmental regulatory procedures.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6398, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 202 (Wednesday, December 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania:H.R. 6398.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H5027]

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