[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5739-S5740]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2333. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema 
(for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. USE OF PREVIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, ANALYSES, AND 
                   DECISIONS FOR CURRENT PROJECTS.

       In carrying out requirements under the National 
     Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for 
     a current project, a Federal agency may use an environmental 
     study, analysis, or decision conducted in support of previous 
     Federal, State, Tribal, or

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     local environmental reviews or authorization decisions.
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