[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2029 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2029

To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require that 
   Federal agencies consult with State agencies and county and local 
            governments on environmental impact statements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 1999

 Mr. Radanovich (for himself, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Herger, Mr. Skeen, Mr. 
Sessions, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Hill of Montana, Mr. Stump, Mr. Walden of 
 Oregon, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Istook, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. 
  Peterson of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require that 
   Federal agencies consult with State agencies and county and local 
            governments on environmental impact statements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State and Local Government 
Participation Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. CONSULTATION WITH STATE AGENCIES AND COUNTY AND LOCAL 
              GOVERNMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.

    Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) is amended in the first sentence after clause 
(v) by striking ``the comments of any Federal agency which has'' and by 
inserting ``any comments submitted by any Federal agency, State agency, 
county government, or local government that has''.
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