Recognition of Local Interests in NEPA Decision Making

Bill: 116-hr-8256
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-09-15
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Federal district courts

Judicial review and appeals

Jurisdiction and venue
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Recognition of Local Interests in NEPA Decision Making</b></p> <p>This bill sets forth requirements for determining the venue for judicial review of an agency action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Specifically, the bill requires a proceeding for judicial review of an agency's compliance with NEPA to be brought in the U.S. district court for a district in which the authorized activity is proposed to be carried out or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8256 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 15, 2020 Ms. Cheney (for herself, Mr. Gosar , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Young , Mr. Perry , Mr. Stauber , Mr. Bishop of Utah , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma , Mr. Newhouse , Mr. Westerman , and Mr. Johnson of Louisiana ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to provide a rule to determine venue for a proceeding for judicial review of certain agency actions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recognition of Local Interests in NEPA Decision Making . 2. Venue for judicial review Title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 106. Venue for judicial review (a) In general A proceeding for judicial review of an agency action when there is an alleged failure to fulfill the requirements of section 102(2)(C) shall be brought exclusively in any of the following: (1) A United States district court for a district in which the authorized activity is proposed to be carried out. (2) The United States district court for the District of Columbia. (b) Agency action defined The term agency action has the meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. .