House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) introduced the Promoting New Manufacturing Act, a bill to increase investment in American manufacturing, create new jobs and reduce costly permitting delays. This legislation is included in House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans' Securing Cleaner American Energy package. “As our economy continues to recover from a global pandemic, the last thing we should do is promote policies that ship American jobs to high-polluting countries like China and Russia," said Whip Scalise. "Instead of ramming through their socialist Green New Deal, the Biden Administration should be doing everything in their power to work with Congress to grow the economy and help Americans get back to work. “The Promoting New Manufacturing Act takes critical steps towards cutting unnecessary red tape, reviving our country’s manufacturing base, and creating thousands of well-paying American jobs. By increasing transparency and holding the EPA accountable, we can reform a broken permitting process that is holding back our nation’s economy.” The Promoting New Manufacturing Act:

• Creates a dashboard to provide increased transparency regarding the timing for permitting. This will provide the public with access to information regarding the number of permits issued annually and timelines for final preconstruction permit decisions.
• Reduces costly construction permitting delays that impede the construction of new facilities by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide guidance on how to comply with new or revised air quality standards.
• Increases transparency by making public the number of Clean Air Act New Source Review (NSR) preconstruction permits issued annually and the timelines for the full permitting process.
• Promotes the efficient processing of permits by requiring EPA to provide Congress with an annual report on the actions being taken by the agency to expedite the permitting process.