[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6387 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6387

    To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue categorical 
  exclusions from the requirement that an environmental assessment or 
     environmental impact statement be prepared for highway safety 
             improvement projects, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2012

   Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Critz, and Mr. Ribble) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue categorical 
  exclusions from the requirement that an environmental assessment or 
     environmental impact statement be prepared for highway safety 
             improvement projects, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Remove Unnecessary Roadblocks to 
Local Transportation Safety Projects Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

    (a) Issuance.--The Secretary of Transportation shall issue 
categorical exclusions from the requirement that an environmental 
assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) be 
prepared for a highway safety improvement project.
    (b) Effect of Categorical Exclusions.--In developing categorical 
exclusions under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the 
actions described in subsection (a) receive the treatment provided for 
actions under section 771.117(c) of title 23, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Highway Safety Improvement Project Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``highway safety improvement project'' has the meaning given 
that term in section 148(a) of title 23, United States Code.
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