Making Reviews Certain Act

This bill would change the National Environmental Policy Act. It would say that federal agencies, when preparing environmental reviews, only need to consider effects that are closely and directly caused by the project being reviewed. For energy infrastructure projects, lawsuits challenging an agency's environmental review would have to be filed within 180 days. They could only be brought by parties who submitted detailed comments on the same issue during the public comment period and who face direct harm. Courts could cancel an agency action only if the project poses a significant risk of substantial environmental harm and no other remedy is available; otherwise, courts could send the review back for fixes within 180 days while the project continues.

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Sponsors

• Josh Gottheimer Democrat sponsor
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