H.R. 6163

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6163 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6163

To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to allow Federal 
agencies to rely on certain previously completed environmental 
assessments and environmental impact statements to satisfy the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for 
other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 19, 2025

Mr. Valadao introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources

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A BILL

To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to allow Federal 
agencies to rely on certain previously completed environmental 
assessments and environmental impact statements to satisfy the 
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. RELIANCE ON PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.

Section 108 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4336b) is amended--
(1) in the heading by striking ``programmatic environmental 
document'' and inserting ``programmatic environmental documents 
and reliance on previously completed environmental documents'';
(2) by striking ``When an agency prepares'' and inserting 
the following:
``(a) Programmatic Environmental Documents.--When an agency 
prepares''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Reliance on Previously Completed Environmental Documents.--
``(1) Actions that are substantially the same.--A lead 
agency may satisfy the requirements of this Act with respect to 
a new major Federal action by relying on an environmental 
assessment or environmental impact statement that the lead 
agency, another Federal agency, or a project sponsor under the 
supervision of a Federal agency completed for another major 
Federal action if the lead agency determines that--
``(A) the new major Federal action is substantially 
the same as the other major Federal action or an 
alternative analyzed in such environmental assessment 
or environmental impact statement; and
``(B) the effects of the new major Federal action 
are substantially the same as the effects analyzed in 
such environmental assessment or environmental impact 
statement.
``(2) Actions that are not substantially the same.--If a 
new major Federal action is not substantially the same as 
another major Federal action or an alternative analyzed in an 
environmental assessment or environmental impact statement 
completed by the lead agency, another Federal agency, or a 
project sponsor under the supervision of a Federal agency, the 
lead agency may modify any such previously completed 
environmental assessment or environmental impact statement as 
necessary to satisfy the requirements of this Act with respect 
to the new major Federal action. The lead agency shall make 
such modified environmental assessment or environmental impact 
statement publicly available as a new environmental assessment 
or environmental impact statement.''.
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