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S 820 117th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Historic sites and heritage areas Regional and metropolitan planning

A bill to provide an exemption from certain requirements for federally funded projects and activities in areas not in metropolitan statistical areas, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 18, 2021 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Mar 18, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill provides exemptions from environmental, endangered species, or historic preservation requirements for federally funded projects or activities that are not in metropolitan statistical areas.

What's happening now March 18, 2021

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

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 Bill text 1 version

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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Mar 25, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 820: A bill to provide an exemption from certain requirements for federally funded projects and activities in areas not in metropolitan statistical areas, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-820/
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"S. 820: A bill to provide an exemption from certain requirements for federally funded projects and activities in areas not in metropolitan statistical areas, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-820/.
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S. 820, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-820/.
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[S. 820: A bill to provide an exemption from certain requirements for federally funded projects and activities in areas not in metropolitan statistical areas, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-820/)
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