[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1430 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1430

     To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to use certain previously completed environmental 
 assessments and environmental impact statements to satisfy the review 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2023

 Mr. Valadao introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to use certain previously completed environmental 
 assessments and environmental impact statements to satisfy the review 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Determination of NEPA Adequacy 
Streamlining Act''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT ADEQUACY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary concerned shall use previously 
completed environmental assessments and environmental impact statements 
to satisfy the requirements of section 102 of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) with respect to any 
major Federal action if such Secretary determines that--
            (1) the new proposed action is substantially the same as a 
        previously analyzed proposed action or alternative analyzed in 
        a previous environmental assessment or environmental impact 
        statement; and
            (2) the effects of the proposed action are substantially 
        the same as the effects analyzed in such existing environmental 
        assessments or environmental impact statements.
    (b) Secretary Concerned.--In this section, the term ``Secretary 
concerned'' means--
            (1) with respect to public lands, the Secretary of the 
        Interior; and
            (2) with respect to National Forest System Lands, the 
        Secretary of Agriculture.
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