H.R. 573 · 119th Congress

Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act

Introduced Jan 21, 2025Policy area: Environmental Protection

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced (done)
  2. Committee (done)
  3. Passed House (current)
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summary

Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act

  • This bill directs the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to annually report on the impact of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) on projects that require NEPA review. CEQ must publish the report on its website and submit it to certain congressional committees. The report must include
  • specified information about NEPA litigation, such as the number of cases, the status of cases, and their outcomes;
  • the length and costs of the environmental impact statements and environmental assessments prepared; and
  • the time it takes to complete environmental reviews under NEPA.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5086-5087)

  4. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 573.

  5. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5086-5088)

  6. House

    Mr. Crank moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  7. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 342.

  8. House

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-393.

  9. House

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.

  10. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  11. House

    Committee Hearings Held

  12. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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  1. Introduced in House