I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1049 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 11, 2011 Mr. Johnson of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Harper, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Harris, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Landry, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Nunes, and Mr. Austria) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to direct the Council on Environmental Quality to report to Congress annually on the number of permits required under Federal law for which applications have been submitted and that have not been issued because an environmental impact statement is pending, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Regulatory Openness, Accountability, and Disclosure to Jobs Act of 2011 or the ROAD to Jobs Act of 2011 .

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Annual reports on permits for which environmental impact statements are pending

(a)

In general

Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) is amended— (1)by inserting (a) In general.— before the first sentence; and (2)by adding at the end the following: (b)

Annual report on pending statements and disapproved permits

(1)

In general

Not later than December 31 of each year, the Council on Environmental Quality shall submit a report to the Congress on— (A)the number of Federal permits for which applications have been submitted to Federal agencies or departments and that have not been issued during that year because a statement under subsection (a)(2) has not been issued; and (B)descriptions of the Federal permits for which statements were issued under subsection (a)(2), that were rejected or otherwise disapproved in that year. (2)

Contents

Each report under this section shall contain— (A)a description of the economic impact of not issuing each permit, including— (i)the impact for the industry concerned; (ii)an estimate of the direct economic output of the project to be carried out under the permit once the project is completed; and (iii)the number of jobs that would be directly created by the activity to be carried out under the permit; (B)the date the application for each permit was submitted to the Federal agency or department; (C)the status of each permit application in the approval process; and (D)the date on which a decision on each permit application is expected to be made. (3)

Permit defined

In this subsection, the term permit means any license, certificate, approval, registration, charter, membership, exemption, or other form of permission required by Federal law for the conduct of activity. .