Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
The bill amends NEPA to require the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to publish an annual report beginning July 1, 2025.
The report must list causes of action alleging NEPA non-compliance, EIS/EA page counts, preparation costs, timelines for major Federal actions, and agencies' categorical exclusions.
Data must be disaggregated by project type and covered sector, and the underlying data and citations must be published publicly.
Modest, commonly acceptable administrative transparency measure with limited fiscal impact; success depends on avoiding partisan framing and securing bipartisan floor clearance.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clearly focused and highly specific reporting mandate that amends NEPA to require CEQ to publish an annual, data-rich report on environmental reviews and NEPA-related litigation. It integrates with existing statutory definitions and sets timelines and recipients for the reports.
Progressive fears chilling public-interest litigation; conservatives emphasize exposing litigation burdens.
Progressive fears chilling public-interest litigation; conservatives emphasize exposing litigation burdens.
Likely to welcome increased transparency about environmental reviews and agency performance but worry about potential misuse.
Concerned the reporting requirement could chill public-interest litigation or be leveraged to justify narrowing NEPA protections.
Generally positive about standardized, public data to improve NEPA implementation and reduce unnecessary delays.
Wary about report accuracy, agency workload, and potential politicization; will favor implementation safeguards and modest funding.
Likely to strongly support the bill as a tool to document litigation-driven delays, costs, and long EIS/EA documents.
Will view the report as evidence to justify streamlining and limiting NEPA obstacles to projects.
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Modest, commonly acceptable administrative transparency measure with limited fiscal impact; success depends on avoiding partisan framing and securing bipartisan floor clearance.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressive fears chilling public-interest litigation; conservatives emphasize exposing litigation burdens.
Modest, commonly acceptable administrative transparency measure with limited fiscal impact; success depends on avoiding partisan framing an…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clearly focused and highly specific reporting mandate that amends NEPA to require CEQ to publish an annual, data-rich report on environmental reviews and NEPA-re…
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