S 4862
116th Congress
Senate
Environmental Protection
Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal district courts
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Jurisdiction and venue
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
UNSHACKLE Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 26, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Oct 26, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Undoing NEPA’s Substantial Harm by Advancing Concepts that Kickstart the Liberation of the Economy Act of 2020 or the UNSHACKLE Act of 2020
This bill revises the environmental review process required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), including by
- establishing deadlines for federal agencies to complete reviews of the environmental effects of proposed major federal actions;
- establishing penalties for agencies that do not comply with these deadlines;
- limiting the number of assessment documents required for proposed major federal actions, requiring agencies to reuse certain research or documents, and allowing agencies to adopt environmental documents prepared by states or third parties;
- requiring agencies to only consider alternatives to proposed actions that are technically and economically feasible;
- prohibiting agencies from considering whether proposed actions or alternatives to those actions will have an effect on climate change; and
- establishing requirements concerning the judicial review of NEPA cases.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Committees of jurisdiction
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