[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4908 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4908

To amend title 23, United States Code, to make eligible airport-related 
  projects and port development projects eligible for approval under 
   State environmental laws and regulations instead of the National 
       Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2023

Mr. Garamendi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to make eligible airport-related 
  projects and port development projects eligible for approval under 
   State environmental laws and regulations instead of the National 
       Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 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 ``Expedited Federal Permitting for 
California Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM FOR ELIMINATING DUPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.

    (a) In General.--Section 330 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``pilot'';
            (2) in subsection (j) by striking ``Not later than 2 years 
        after the date of enactment of this section, and annually 
        thereafter, the'' and inserting ``The'';
            (3) by striking subsection (k);
            (4) in subsection (l)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3) by striking ``pilot''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a semicolon;
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
                        subparagraph (D); and
                            (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
                        the following:
                    ``(B) an eligible airport-related project (as such 
                term is defined in section 40117(a) of title 49);
                    ``(C) an eligible port development project 
                described in section 54301(a)(3) of title 49; and''; 
                and
            (5) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (k).
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to implement the amendments made by 
subsection (a).
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