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House vote: S. 3451 // July 29, 2022Needed two-thirds to pass

S. 3451

Sponsor: Bill Hagerty (R-TN)

This bill expands the expedited environmental review and permitting process under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, commonly known as FAST-41, to include certain computer-related infrastructure projects. Specifically, the bill provides for the expedited review of infrastructure projects concerning semiconductors, artificial intelligence and machine learning, high-performance computing and advanced computer hardware and software, quantum information science and technology, data storage and data management, or cybersecurity.

Environmental Protection Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

298 votes, representing 178,850,497 people68.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

88 votes, representing 52,489,648 people20.2%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 11.2% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon29868.7%
NayLost8820.2%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken011.2%