HR 692 United States House · 117th Congress

Recognition of Local Interests in NEPA Decision Making

Summary

Recognition of Local Interests in NEPA Decision Making This bill sets forth requirements for determining the venue for judicial review of an agency action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Specifically, the bill requires a proceeding for judicial review of an agency's compliance with NEPA to be brought in the U.S. district court for a district in which the authorized activity is proposed to be carried out or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Feb 2021

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Introduced Feb 2, 2021 Last action Mar 22, 2021

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Mar 22, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

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Feb 2, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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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Feb 2, 2021

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1 primary · 10 co-sponsors