(1) any obligation to comply with the provisions 
of any Federal law, including— 
(A) the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and 
(B) any other Federal environmental law; 
(2) the reviewability of any final Federal agency 
action in a court of the United States or in the court 
of any State; 
(3) any requirement for seeking, considering, or 
responding to public comment; or 
(4) any power, jurisdiction, responsibility, duty, 
or authority that a Federal, State, or local govern-
mental agency, Indian tribe, or project sponsor has 
with respect to carrying out a project or any other 
provision of law applicable to projects. 
(l) TIMING OF CLAIMS.— 
(1) TIMING.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, a claim arising under 
Federal law seeking judicial review of a permit, 
license, or other approval issued by a Federal 
agency for a project study shall be barred un-
less the claim is filed not later than 3 years 
after publication of a notice in the Federal Reg-
ister announcing that the permit, license, or 
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other approval is final pursuant to the law 
under which the agency action is taken, unless 
a shorter time is specified in the Federal law 
that allows judicial review. 
(B) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this sub-
section creates a right to judicial review or 
places any limit on filing a claim that a person 
has violated the terms of a permit, license, or 
other approval. 
(2) NEW INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
consider new information received after the 
close of a comment period if the information 
satisfies the requirements for a supplemental 
environmental impact statement under title 40, 
Code of Federal Regulations (including suc-
cessor regulations). 
(B) SEPARATE ACTION.—The preparation 
of a supplemental environmental impact state-
ment or other environmental document, if re-
quired under this section, shall be considered a 
separate final agency action and the deadline 
for filing a claim for judicial review of the ac-
tion shall be 3 years after the date of publica-
tion of a notice in the Federal Register an-
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nouncing the action relating to such supple-
mental environmental impact statement or 
other environmental document. 
(m) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(A) survey the use by the Bureau of Rec-
lamation of categorical exclusions in projects 
since 2005; 
(B) publish a review of the survey that in-
cludes a description of— 
(i) the types of actions that were cat-
egorically excluded or could be the basis 
for developing a new categorical exclusion; 
and 
(ii) any requests previously received 
by the Secretary for new categorical exclu-
sions; and 
(C) solicit requests from other Federal 
agencies and project sponsors for new categor-
ical exclusions. 
(2) NEW
CATEGORICAL
EXCLUSIONS.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, if the Secretary has identified a category of ac-
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tivities that merit establishing a categorical exclusion 
that did not exist on the day before the date of en-
actment this Act based on the review under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall publish a notice of 
proposed rulemaking to propose that new categorical 
exclusion, to the extent that the categorical exclusion 
meets the criteria for a categorical exclusion under 
section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or successor regulation). 
(n) REVIEW
OF
PROJECT
ACCELERATION
RE-
FORMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall— 
(A) assess the reforms carried out under 
this section; and 
(B) not later than 5 years and not later 
than 10 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, submit to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate a report that describes 
the results of the assessment. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The reports under paragraph 
(1) shall include an evaluation of impacts of the re-
forms carried out under this section on— 
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(A) project delivery; 
(B) compliance with environmental laws; 
and 
(C) the environmental impact of projects. 
(o) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.—The Secretary 
shall establish a program to measure and report on 
progress made toward improving and expediting the plan-
ning and environmental review process. 
(p) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS IN EMERGENCIES.— 
For the repair, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of a Bu-
reau of Reclamation surface water storage project that is 
in operation or under construction when damaged by an 
event or incident that results in a declaration by the Presi-
dent of a major disaster or emergency pursuant to the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Secretary shall 
treat such repair, reconstruction, or rehabilitation activity 
as a class of action categorically excluded from the re-
quirements relating to environmental assessments or envi-
ronmental impact statements under section 1508.4 of title 
40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-
tions), if the repair or reconstruction activity is— 
(1) in the same location with the same capacity, 
dimensions, and design as the original Bureau of 
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