House · Roll call 118 · April 16, 2026

A vote to pass H.R. 6398, the RED Tape Act, which ends a Clean Air Act requirement that the EPA review certain federal projects already subject to environmental review.

Why it matters: H.R. 6398 ends the Clean Air Act requirement that the Environmental Protection Agency review and comment on proposed federal regulations and on major federal actions already requiring National Environmental Policy Act review. Drafted and checked with AI

Passed222–205 Key vote· Final passage Passage Party-line vote
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On Passage
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H.R. 6398, RED Tape Act
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YesNoPresentDid not vote
Each dot is one current member, in the same seat as on their member page, from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how they voted. Seats show current members. Members who have since left Congress appear in the list below.

How each party voted

Democrats
Yes 7 · No 204 · Did not vote 2
Republicans
Yes 214 · No 1 · Did not vote 2
Independent
Yes 1 · No 0

Most Democrats voted No (204 of 213).

Most Republicans voted Yes (214 of 217).

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

President's positions

The President's position: wanted a Yes vote

“The Administration strongly supports passage of H.R. 6398, the Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations (RED Tape) Act.”

Source: White House statement on the bill · Checked against the statement (AI-assisted)

About this vote

H.R. 6398, the RED Tape Act, removes the Clean Air Act requirement that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review and comment on newly authorized federal construction projects and other major federal agency actions that already require review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and on proposed federal regulations. The bill passed the House.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Reducing and Eliminating Duplicative Environmental Regulations Act or the RED Tape Act This bill removes the requirement under the Clean Air Act that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review and comment on newly authorized federal construction projects and other major federal agency actions that already require review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and proposed federal regulations.

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