H.R. 8784, known as the "Full Responsibility and Expedited Enforcement Act" or the "FREE Act," aims to streamline the permitting process within federal agencies by introducing a "permit by rule" system. This system would allow permits to be automatically approved within 30...
Simple Explanation
The FREE Act is a plan to make getting permits from the government quicker and easier by allowing them to be automatically approved if people promise to follow certain rules. Agencies must look at their current systems to see if they can use this new faster way, and they still get to check if people are actually following the rules.