The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2025
HR 3668 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Richard Hudson (R)

Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act

Makes FERC the sole coordinator of environmental reviews for natural gas pipelines and LNG terminals.

Tradeoff

Speeds up pipeline approvals by centralizing review authority and setting 90-day decision deadlines. Removes state water-quality certification requirements and limits other agencies' ability to conduct separate environmental reviews.

What's in it

See official bill text

Less than $500,000 in net federal costs over the 2026-2035 period.

The $500,000 figure is just the federal cost to administer the new coordination process and any modest increase in royalty receipts — the policy's real impact is on states (which lose independent water quality certification authority) and pipeline developers (who must navigate a new interagency coordination framework).

H.R. 3668, Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act · Oct 2025

The House rejected a on December 12, 2025 (194-204). The bill then passed the House 213-184 on the same day and is now in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jun 2, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Energy and Commerce(Jun 2, 2025)

    The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.

  3. House

    The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 27 - 23(Jun 25, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-297, Part I.

  4. House

    On

    Failed(Roll #333 · Dec 12, 2025)

    194 yeanay 204

  5. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed(Roll #334 · Dec 12, 2025)

    213 yeanay 184

  6. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Dec 15, 2025)

Passage votes so far· Dec 12, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027