WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), John Curtis (R-Utah), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced the ePermit Act, bipartisan legislation to modernize and streamline federal environmental reviews and permitting by utilizing interactive, digital, and cloud-based technologies. Companion legislation (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4503), led by Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.-AL) and Scott Peters (D-Calif.-50), previously passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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