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bon as described in the technical support document 
entitled ‘Technical Support Document: Technical 
Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory 
Impact Analysis Under Executive Order No. 12866’, 
published by the Interagency Working Group on So-
cial Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 
May 2013, revised in November 2013, or any suc-
cessor thereto or substantially related document, the 
draft guidance entitled: ‘Revised Draft Guidance for 
Federal Departments and Agencies on Consideration 
of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Cli-
mate change in NEPA Reviews’ (79 Fed. Reg. 
77801), or any successor thereto or substantially re-
lated document, or any other estimate of the mone-
tized damages associated with an incremental in-
crease in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year. 
‘‘(l) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The head of each Fed-
eral agency shall report annually to Congress— 
‘‘(1) the projects for which the agency initiated 
preparation of an environmental impact statement or 
environmental assessment; 
‘‘(2) the projects for which the agency issued a 
record of decision or finding of no significant impact 
and the length of time it took the agency to com-
plete the environmental review for each such project; 
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‘‘(3) the filing of any lawsuits against the agen-
cy seeking judicial review of a permit, license, or ap-
proval issued by the agency for an action subject to 
NEPA, including the date the complaint was filed, 
the court in which the complaint was filed, and a 
summary of the claims for which judicial review was 
sought; and 
‘‘(4) the resolution of any lawsuits against the 
agency that sought judicial review of a permit, li-
cense, or approval issued by the agency for an action 
subject to NEPA. 
‘‘(m) LIMITATIONS ON CLAIMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a claim arising under Federal law 
seeking judicial review of a permit, license, or ap-
proval issued by a Federal agency for an action sub-
ject to NEPA shall be barred unless— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a claim pertaining to 
a project for which an environmental review 
was conducted and an opportunity for comment 
was provided, the claim is filed by a party to 
the administrative proceeding, and the party 
submitted a comment during the environmental 
review on the issue on which the party seeks ju-
dicial review, and such comment was suffi-
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ciently detailed to put the lead agency on notice 
of the issue upon which the party seeks judicial 
review; and 
‘‘(B) filed within 180 days after publica-
tion of a notice in the Federal Register an-
nouncing that the permit, license, or approval is 
final pursuant to the law under which the agen-
cy action is taken, unless a shorter time is spec-
ified in the Federal law pursuant to which judi-
cial review is allowed. 
‘‘(2) NEW INFORMATION.—The preparation of 
a supplemental environmental impact statement, 
when required, is deemed a separate final agency ac-
tion and the deadline for filing a claim for judicial 
review of such action shall be 180 days after the 
date of publication of a notice in the Federal Reg-
ister announcing the record of decision for such ac-
tion. Any claim challenging agency action on the 
basis of information in a supplemental environ-
mental impact statement shall be limited to chal-
lenges on the basis of that information. 
‘‘(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to create a right 
to judicial review or place any limit on filing a claim 
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that a person has violated the terms of a permit, li-
cense, or approval. 
‘‘(n) CATEGORIES OF PROJECTS.—The authorities 
granted under this subchapter may be exercised for an in-
dividual project or a category of projects. 
‘‘(o) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of this 
subchapter shall apply only to environmental reviews and 
environmental decisionmaking processes initiated after the 
date of enactment of this subchapter. In the case of a 
project for which an environmental review or environ-
mental decisionmaking process was initiated prior to the 
date of enactment of this subchapter, the provisions of 
subsection (i) shall apply, except that, notwithstanding 
any other provision of this section, in determining a dead-
line under such subsection, any applicable period of time 
shall be calculated as beginning from the date of enact-
ment of this subchapter. 
‘‘(p) APPLICABILITY.—Except as provided in sub-
section (p), this subchapter applies, according to the provi-
sions thereof, to all projects for which a Federal agency 
is required to undertake an environmental review or make 
a decision under an environmental law for a project for 
which a Federal agency is undertaking an environmental 
review. 
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‘‘(q) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to supersede, amend, or modify sections 134, 
135, 139, 325, 326, and 327 of title 23, sections 5303 
and 5304 of title 49, or subtitle C of title I of division 
A of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century 
Act and the amendments made by such subtitle (Public 
Law 112–141).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the items relating to subchapter II the 
following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER IIA—INTERAGENCY COORDINATION REGARDING PERMITTING 
‘‘560. Coordination of agency administrative operations for efficient decision-
making.’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this division, the Council on Environmental Qual-
ity shall amend the regulations contained in part 
1500 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, to im-
plement the provisions of this division and the 
amendments made by this division, and shall by rule 
designate States with laws and procedures that sat-
isfy the criteria under section 560(d)(2)(A) of title 
5, United States Code. 
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