[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 372 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 372

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2003

 Mr. Thomas (for himself and Mr. Craig) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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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 2003''.

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 of the matter 
following clause (v) by striking ``any Federal agency which has'' and 
inserting ``each Federal agency, State agency, county government, and 
local government that has''.
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