[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4321]
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SA 5340. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 718, strike lines 20 through 23 and insert the
following:
collection systems;
(3) to support efforts to ensure that any mapping or
screening tool is accessible to community-based organizations
and community members; and
(4) to collect and make publicly available information
relating to the impacts of the process required under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.) across Federal agencies, including--
(A)(i) the number of proposed actions for which a Federal
agency issued a categorical exclusion in the year preceding
the date of enactment of this Act; and
(ii) the length of time that the Federal agency took to
issue each such categorical exclusion;
(B) the number of actions proposed by a Federal agency that
are pending as of the date on which the information required
under this paragraph is published and for which issuance of a
categorical exclusion is pending;
(C)(i) the number of proposed actions for which a Federal
agency issued an environmental assessment in the year
preceding the date of enactment of this Act; and
(ii) the length of time that the Federal agency took to
complete each such environmental assessment;
(D) the number of actions proposed by a Federal agency that
are pending as of the date on which the information required
under this paragraph is published and for which issuance of
an environmental assessment is pending;
(E)(i) the number of proposed actions for which a Federal
agency issued an environmental impact statement in the year
preceding the date of enactment of this Act; and
(ii) the length of time that the Federal agency took to
complete each such environmental impact statement;
(F) the number of actions proposed by a Federal agency that
are pending as of the date on which the information required
under this paragraph is published and for which issuance of
an environmental impact statement is pending; and
(G) the comprehensive costs of the process required under
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.) for each action proposed by a Federal agency within
the year preceding the date of enactment of this Act,
including--
(i) the amount of money expended, as of the date of
enactment of this Act, to carry out that process for each
proposed action; and
(ii) an estimate of the remaining cost to complete each
proposed action.
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