For decades, outdated federal permitting regulations have needlessly delayed critical American pipeline and energy infrastructure projects and increased development and construction costs.  
APCA asks you to contact your U.S. Senators and urge them to support and advance the recently introduced <a href="https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/explaining-the-senate-permitting-bill-the-bipartisan-american-affordability-and-jobs-act/" target="_blank">Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026</a> (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5653" target="_blank">S. 5653</a>) (BAAJA) and pass bipartisan permitting reform legislation by the end of this year.
The highly anticipated legislation would make significant changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, federal historic preservation reviews, and energy and transmission permitting. Specifically, the bill would streamline federal reviews, establish more predictable permitting timelines, limit certain litigation-related delays, and provide greater certainty after federal agencies approve projects.
S. 5653 contains provisions that closely track several APCA-supported bipartisan permitting reform bills passed by the U.S. House in 2025. When the Senate returns from recess, it should move quickly to advance bipartisan permitting reform legislation that can pass the House and reach President Trump's desk for his signature by the end of this year.
Making the federal permitting process more efficient will benefit APCA contractors, associate members, and their employees, provide greater certainty for project planning, and encourage private- and public-sector investment in infrastructure essential to America’s economic growth and energy security. 
Contact your U.S. Senators today and urge them to advance bipartisan permitting reform legislation.
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Tell Your U.S. Senators to Enact Bipartisan Permitting Reform

As a constituent and member of the American Pipeline Contractors Association (APCA), I am writing to respectfully urge you to swiftly pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (S. 5653) when the Senate returns from recess.

For decades, outdated federal permitting regulations have needlessly delayed critical American pipeline and energy infrastructure projects and increased development and construction costs. Across the country, businesses and energy stakeholders are ready to invest in projects that provide reliable energy, strengthen our economy, and improve quality of life—from building pipelines and related energy infrastructure to upgrading energy facilities to meet growing demand from manufacturing and data centers. Too often, however, America’s outdated and inefficient permitting process stands in the way, delaying these investments and driving up costs.

The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 would make significant improvements to the federal permitting process, including reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, federal historic preservation reviews, and energy and transmission permitting. Specifically, the legislation would streamline federal reviews, establish more predictable permitting timelines, limit certain litigation-related delays, and provide greater certainty after federal agencies approve projects.

When the Senate returns from recess, I urge you to move quickly to advance bipartisan permitting reform legislation that can pass the House and reach President Trump’s desk for his signature by the end of this year.

Making the federal permitting process more efficient will benefit pipeline contractors, their employees, and communities across the country by providing greater certainty for project planning and encouraging private- and public-sector investment in the infrastructure essential to America’s economic growth and energy security.

There is broad bicameral agreement across party lines that permitting reform is needed. Now is the time to build on that bipartisan consensus and pass meaningful permitting reform legislation this Congress. Time is running out, and I urge you to make permitting reform a priority when the Senate returns from recess.

Thank you for your consideration and for your leadership on this important issue.