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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2318 
To modernize permitting systems at the Department of the Interior, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2025 
Ms. ANSARI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To modernize permitting systems at the Department of the 
Interior, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Electronic Permitting 
Modernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PERMIT ACCESSI-
BILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to improve the overall 
economy, efficiency, and management of operations and 
activities of the Department of the Interior (referred to 
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in this section as the ‘‘Department’’), reduce paperwork, 
and provide high-quality services and access to the public, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall, to the extent prac-
ticable— 
(1) design and deliver modernized electronic 
permitting systems to accept, process, and record 
applications (including plan submissions, payment 
activity, and other related correspondence) for per-
mits, forms, and other paperwork required for activi-
ties regulated by the Department; 
(2) provide a centralized electronic permitting 
system online repository, available to the public on 
the Department’s website, that includes— 
(A) hyperlinks to facilitate navigation to 
all Department electronic permitting systems; 
and 
(B) with respect to permits, the contact in-
formation for the appropriate Department em-
ployees providing assistance to State, Tribal, 
and local governments; and 
(3) provide to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate periodic updates on the implementation of 
paragraphs (1) and (2). 
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(b) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION PROHIBITED.— 
No information described in section 552(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, or protected from disclosure by an-
other law of the United States shall be disclosed under 
this Act. 
(c) DUPLICATION OF SYSTEMS NOT PERMITTED.— 
No system shall be duplicated under this Act. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—In developing the permitting 
systems required under section 2 of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall consult with States, local govern-
ments, Indian Tribes and other stakeholders who apply 
for agency permits and will use the permitting systems. 
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO ENSURE CONSIST-
ENCY WITH THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY 
ACT OF 2023. 
In developing the permitting systems required under 
section 2 of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
ensure that the Department’s electronic permitting sys-
tems are consistent with the priorities identified in section 
110 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4336d) with respect to any permit that requires 
review under that Act. 
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