Stop NEPA Expansion Act

Bill: 117-hr-7654
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2022-05-03
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stop NEPA Expansion Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides statutory authority for the revisions to the Code of Federal Regulations made pursuant to a final rule of the Council on Environmental Quality titled <i>Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act</i> and published on July 16, 2020. Among other requirements, the rule issued regulations to modify the process for conducting reviews required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 by federal agencies in connection with proposals for agency action.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7654 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 3, 2022 Mr. Mullin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To codify certain regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop NEPA Expansion Act . 2. Codification of regulations The revisions to the Code of Federal Regulations made pursuant to the final rule of the Council on Environmental Quality titled Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act and published on July 16, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 43304), shall have the same force and effect of law as if enacted by an Act of Congress.