Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act

This bill requires the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to publish annual reports starting in 2025 on how the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) impacts federal projects. The reports will track lawsuits challenging NEPA compliance, document lengths and costs for environmental reviews, project timelines, and agency use of "categorical exclusions." Data must be broken down by project type and industry sector (like energy, transportation, or broadband). The goal is to increase transparency about NEPA's real-world effects on federal decision-making, directly affecting federal agencies preparing environmental reviews and the public accessing this data.