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116th Congress
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NEPA Agency Process Reform Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 16, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sep 16, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
NEPA Agency Process Reform Act of 2020
This bill revises the environmental review process required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), including by limiting the number of assessment documents required for proposed major federal actions, requiring agencies to reuse certain research or documents in the NEPA process, and allowing agencies to adopt environmental documents prepared by states or third parties as specified under the bill.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
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