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UNSHACKLE Act

Introduced: March 11, 2021 Introduced by: Lee, Mike Republican · Utah See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Undoing NEPA’s Substantial Harm by Advancing Concepts that Kickstart the Liberation of the Economy Act or the UNSHACKLE Act

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 March 11, 2021

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3