FREE Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4805 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4805 To require each agency to evaluate the permitting system of the agency to consider whether a permit by rule could replace that system, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 25, 2024 Ms. Lummis (for herself, Mr. Budd, and Mr. Ricketts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require each agency to evaluate the permitting system of the agency to consider whether a permit by rule could replace that system, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Full Responsibility and Expedited Enforcement Act'' or the ``FREE Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Agencies nearly unanimously operate permittin…