Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to "National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions".

Bill: 117-hjres-91
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-19
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Council on Environmental Quality titled <i>National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions </i>and published on April 20, 2022. The rule restores regulatory provisions issued under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) that were in effect before being modified in 2020 by the <i>Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act</i> rule. </p>

tv_txt: IA 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 91 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 19, 2022 Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. McCarthy , Mr. Scalise , Ms. Stefanik , Mrs. Rodgers of Washington , Mr. Westerman , Mr. Newhouse , and Mr. Graves of Missouri ) submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources JOINT RESOLUTION Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions .

That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions (87 Fed. Reg. 23453 (April 20, 2022)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.