A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee will zero in on a battery of potential changes to Clean Air Act policies at a Tuesday hearing, including a custom-made carve-out for the semiconductor industry and a ban on EPA’s ability to review federally authorized construction projects.
Five bills — most of them “discussion drafts” that have not yet been introduced — are on the Environment Subcommittee’s agenda as Republican lawmakers renew their attacks on the act’s current structure.
“Red tape and burdensome permitting requirements are stifling U.S. economic growth and ending American jobs overseas,” committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) said in a joint statement with subcommittee Chair Gary Palmer (R-Ala.).
The legislation under review, they added, offers “common sense solutions that reduce unreasonable regulatory burdens while continuing to protect our environment.”
