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H.R. 573119th CongressEnvironmental Protection
Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act
Sponsored by Rep. Rudy Yakym (R-IN) · 6 active : 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate11 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedDec 9, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govStudying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act
This bill directs the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to annually report on the impact of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) on projects that require NEPA review. CEQ must publish the report on its website and submit it to certain congressional committees. The report must include
specified information about NEPA litigation, such as the number of cases, the status of cases, and their outcomes;
the length and costs of the environmental impact statements and environmental assessments prepared; and
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the time it takes to complete environmental reviews under NEPA.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resources · HouseReported by · Markup by · Hearings by (full committee) · Referred to
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · SenateReferred to
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Congressional oversight
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Government information and archives
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 11Swing 70–100
- 69Middle 30–70
- 20Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
6 activeShow all 6 cosponsors
- Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19)
- Tracey Mann (R-KS-1)
- Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11)
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1)
- Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1)
- Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
