To exempt Federal actions related to the construction of infill housing from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Laura Friedman (Democratic-CA)September 2, 2025

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Lets developers build certain city housing faster and gives communities updated natural disaster risks sooner.

This bill would make it easier and faster to build certain types of housing in already developed city areas by removing a federal environmental review step. It would also require the government to update natural disaster risk maps more often, giving communities more current information about potential hazards.

What Would Change

Today, federal actions for infill housing often require an environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) updates its National Risk Index every 5 years. With this bill, federal actions for specific infill housing projects would be exempt from NEPA reviews, potentially speeding up development. FEMA would also update its National Risk Index every 3 years, providing more current natural hazard data.

Key Provisions

Lets federal agencies skip environmental reviews for certain infill housing projects.
Requires infill housing sites to be 20 acres or less and mostly surrounded by existing city development.
Requires infill housing sites to pass environmental checks for contamination and not be in high-risk disaster zones.
Requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to update its natural hazard risk index every 3 years instead of every 5 years.

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HR 5085 · 119th Congress · September 2, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10

To exempt Federal actions related to the construction of infill housing from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.

What Would Change

Key Provisions

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