Permitting Reform Outlook, Based On Provisions From Debt Ceiling Compromise

• Efforts to pass federal permitting reform heated up in the previous Congress and continue to be a top priority, with Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives kicking off their agenda with the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1).
• Permitting reform legislation has been introduced by the House majority as well as in the U.S. Senate, where a number of bills have been put forward.
• With the inclusion of permitting reform provisions in the debt ceiling compromise, the regulated community is questioning whether these reforms have any substantial impact on the future of a broader permitting reform effort.

Efforts to pass federal permitting reform heated up in the previous Congress and continue to be a top priority, with Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives kicking off their agenda with the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1). Permitting reform legislation has been introduced by the House majority as well as in the U.S. Senate, where a