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S 3230 111th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

NEPA Certainty Act

Introduced: April 20, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Apr 20, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Apr 20, 2010
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

NEPA Certainty Act - Declares that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) should not be used to document, predict, or mitigate the climate effects of specific federal actions. Provides that compliance with NEPA does not include consideration of: (1) the greenhouse gas emissions, or any climate change effects of those emissions, of a proposed action and alternative actions; or (2) the relationship of climate change effects to a proposed action or alternatives, including the relationship to proposal design, environmental impacts, mitigation, and adaptation measures.

Declares that this Act does not preempt or interfere with: (1) any authority to consider the climate change effects of proposed legislation or regulations specifically addressing greenhouse gas emissions; or (2) requirements to consider the potential effects of climate change on proposals for agency action during planning or design processes under provisions of law other than NEPA.

What's happening now April 20, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2