Community Water Project Acceleration Act

This bill would require the Secretary of the Army, within 180 days, to exempt certain water resources development projects from the environmental assessment and environmental impact statement requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. The exemption would apply to projects carried out under a continuing authority program or an environmental infrastructure assistance program, where the local (non-Federal) sponsor performs the construction work. The project must also have a Federal cost share under $6,000,000, or a Federal share under 15 percent with a total cost of no more than $35,000,000. The Secretary would have to issue regulations to carry this out within 150 days.

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Sponsors

• Mark Kelly Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors