Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Studying NEPA’s Im-
pact on Projects Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON NEPA’S IMPACT ON PROJECTS. 
Section 201 of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4341) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 201. ANNUAL REPORTS ON NEPA’S IMPACT ON 
PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSIONS BY LEAD AGENCIES.—Not later 
than July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the head of each 
lead agency shall submit to the Council on Environmental 
Quality a report on— 
‘‘(1) each civil action alleging an agency action 
in violation of this Act that was active during the pe-
riod beginning June 1 of the preceding year and end-
ing June 1 of the current year, which shall identify— 
‘‘(A) with respect to each such civil ac-
tion— 
‘‘(i) the defendant lead agency, where 
applicable, and each plaintiff; and 
‘‘(ii) the court in which the civil action 
was brought and any court to which a deci-
sion on the civil action was appealed; 
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‘‘(B) the number of such civil actions, 
disaggregated by the defendant agency, with a 
single entry denoting the lead agency, where ap-
plicable, for cases involving multiple Federal 
agency defendants; 
‘‘(C) the alleged basis for each such civil ac-
tion, disaggregated by covered sectors; and 
‘‘(D) the status and outcome, if applicable, 
of each civil action alleging an agency action in 
violation of this Act that was active during the 
period beginning June 1 of the preceding year 
and ending June 1 of the current year, including 
whether— 
‘‘(i) the civil action resulted in a deci-
sion to hold unlawful and set aside the 
agency action within the meaning of section 
706(2) of title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(ii) the civil action resulted in a deci-
sion allowing the Federal agency to proceed 
with the major Federal action; 
‘‘(iii) the civil action resulted in an 
order remanding the matter to the agency 
for reconsideration without vacating the 
analysis; 
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‘‘(iv) any claim under the civil action 
was resolved by a settlement agreement or 
consent decree between any plaintiff and the 
defendant lead agency; 
‘‘(v) the civil action is still active; and 
‘‘(vi) any of the plaintiffs received an 
award, including an award of costs pursu-
ant to section 2412 of title 28, United 
States Code, except that if such information 
is received after the lead agency submits the 
applicable report to the Council on Envi-
ronmental Quality, the lead agency shall in-
clude such information in the subsequent re-
port; 
‘‘(2) the length of environmental impact state-
ments made publicly available pursuant to section 
102(2)(C) during the period of 5 years that ends on 
June 1 of the current year, which shall include— 
‘‘(A) the average and median page count of 
all such environmental impact statements (not 
including the page count of any citations or ap-
pendices), 
including 
such 
page 
counts 
disaggregated by quartiles; 
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‘‘(B) the average and median page count of 
any citations and appendices included in such 
environmental impact statements; 
‘‘(C) the number of such environmental im-
pact statements, disaggregated by lead agency 
and subagency as applicable; 
‘‘(D) a description of trends in average and 
median page count of such environmental im-
pact statements and any citations and appen-
dices included in such environmental impact 
statements compared to prior reports published 
by the Council on Environmental Quality; and 
‘‘(E) for each report submitted under this 
section through 2028, a disaggregation of the 
data from before and after the date of the enact-
ment of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023; 
‘‘(3) an estimate of the cost to prepare the envi-
ronmental impact statements described in paragraph 
(2), including— 
‘‘(A) the full-time equivalent personnel hour 
costs, contractor costs, and other direct costs of 
the lead agency that prepared the environmental 
impact statement; and 
‘‘(B) if practicable, and noted where not 
practicable, the costs incurred by cooperating 
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agencies, participating agencies, any project 
sponsor that prepared an environmental impact 
statement under the supervision of the lead agen-
cy, and contractors; and 
‘‘(4) the timelines to complete environmental im-
pact statements pursuant to section 102(2)(C) during 
the period of 10 years that ends on June 1 of the cur-
rent year, which shall include— 
‘‘(A) with respect to each major Federal ac-
tion commenced during such period of 10 years, 
the date on which (as applicable)— 
‘‘(i) the project sponsor submitted an 
application for any permit or other author-
ization for the project; 
‘‘(ii) the lead agency began the scoping; 
‘‘(iii) the notice of intent to prepare 
the environmental impact statement was 
made publicly available; 
‘‘(iv) the environmental impact state-
ment was made publicly available; 
‘‘(v) the record of decision was made 
publicly available; and 
‘‘(vi) the lead agency provided to the 
project sponsor notice to proceed on the 
project; 
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‘‘(B) the average and median completion 
timelines during such period of 10 years for each 
document described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) a description of trends in completion 
timelines during such period of 10 years for such 
documents compared to prior reports published 
by the Council on Environmental Quality; and 
‘‘(D) for each report submitted under this 
section through 2033, a disaggregation of the 
data from before and after the date of the enact-
ment of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. 
‘‘(b) PUBLICATION AND SUBMISSION OF REPORTS BY 
THE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Council on Environ-
mental Qualify shall annually— 
‘‘(A) publish the reports received under sub-
section (a) on the website of the Council on En-
vironmental Quality; and 
‘‘(B) submit such reports to the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION
IN
OTHER
REPORTS.—The 
Council on Environmental Quality may carry out 
paragraph (1)(B) by including the reports received 
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