3.0.0 717 2023-01-11T13:47:43Z 2023-01-11T13:47:43Z Senate S 2021-03-11 117 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-11T20:02:25Z NEPA Data Transparency and Accountability Act 117 715 S 2021-03-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS NEPA Agency Process Accountability Act 117 718 S 2021-03-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS NEPA State Assignment Expansion Act 117 719 S 2021-03-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS NEPA Accountability and Enforcement Act 117 721 S 2021-03-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS NEPA Legal Reform Act 117 716 S 2021-03-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS UNSHACKLE Act 117 3814 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Identical bill CRS NEPA Accountability and Enforcement Act 117 4335 HR 2021-07-01 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Related bill CRS NEPA State Assignment Expansion Act 117 4336 HR 2021-07-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Related bill CRS NEPA Data Transparency and Accountability Act 117 4739 HR 2021-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Related bill CRS NEPA Agency Process Accountability Act 117 4740 HR 2021-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Related bill CRS NEPA Legal Reform Act 117 3813 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS 2021-03-11 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2021-03-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2021-03-11 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2021-03-11 True H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2021-03-18 False Environmental Protection Accounting and auditing Administrative law and regulatory procedures Air quality Civil actions and liability Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Evidence and witnesses Executive agency funding and structure Federal district courts Government information and archives Intergovernmental relations Judicial procedure and administration Judicial review and appeals Jurisdiction and venue Legal fees and court costs Licensing and registrations State and local government operations Environmental Protection 00 2021-03-11 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-19T15:38:13Z Undoing NEPA’s Substantial Harm by Advancing Concepts that Kickstart the Liberation of the Economy Act or the UNSHACKLE Act

This bill revises the environmental review process required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), including by

  • establishing deadlines for federal agencies to complete reviews of the environmental effects of proposed major federal actions;
  • establishing penalties for agencies that do not comply with these deadlines;
  • limiting the number of assessment documents required for proposed major federal actions, requiring agencies to reuse certain research or documents, and allowing agencies to adopt environmental documents prepared by states or third parties;
  • requiring agencies to only consider alternatives to proposed actions that are technically and economically feasible;
  • prohibiting agencies from considering whether proposed actions or alternatives to those actions will have an effect on climate change; and
  • establishing requirements concerning the judicial review of NEPA cases.
]]> UNSHACKLE Act Display Title UNSHACKLE Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to impose time limits on the completion of certain required actions under the Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced UNSHACKLE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Undoing NEPA’s Substantial Harm by Advancing Concepts that Kickstart the Liberation of the Economy Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s717is/xml/BILLS-117s717is.xml 2021-03-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.