UNSHACKLE Act
USA117th CongressHR-3814| House
| Updated: 11/1/2022
Liz Cheney
Republican Representative
Wyoming
Cosponsors (1)
Committees (7)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Environment Subcommittee• Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Natural Resources Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Undoing NEPA’s Substantial Harm by Advancing Concepts that Kickstart the Liberation of the Economy Act or the UNSHACKLE Act This bill revises the environmental review process required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), including by establishing deadlines for federal agencies to complete reviews of the environmental effects of proposed major federal actions; establishing penalties for agencies that do not comply with these deadlines; limiting the number of assessment documents required for proposed major federal actions, requiring agencies to reuse certain research or documents, and allowing agencies to adopt environmental documents prepared by states or third parties; requiring agencies to only consider alternatives to proposed actions that are technically and economically feasible; prohibiting agencies from considering whether proposed actions or alternatives to those actions will have an effect on climate change; and establishing requirements concerning the judicial review of NEPA cases.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Environmental Protection
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityCivil actions and liabilityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental regulatory proceduresEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFederal district courtsGovernment information and archivesIntergovernmental relationsJudicial procedure and administrationJudicial review and appealsJurisdiction and venueLegal fees and court costsLicensing and registrationsState and local government operations
UNSHACKLE Act
USA117th CongressHR-3814| House
| Updated: 11/1/2022
Undoing NEPA’s Substantial Harm by Advancing Concepts that Kickstart the Liberation of the Economy Act or the UNSHACKLE Act This bill revises the environmental review process required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), including by establishing deadlines for federal agencies to complete reviews of the environmental effects of proposed major federal actions; establishing penalties for agencies that do not comply with these deadlines; limiting the number of assessment documents required for proposed major federal actions, requiring agencies to reuse certain research or documents, and allowing agencies to adopt environmental documents prepared by states or third parties; requiring agencies to only consider alternatives to proposed actions that are technically and economically feasible; prohibiting agencies from considering whether proposed actions or alternatives to those actions will have an effect on climate change; and establishing requirements concerning the judicial review of NEPA cases.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Liz Cheney
Republican Representative
Wyoming
Cosponsors (1)
Committees (7)
• Transportation and Infrastructure Committee• Environment Subcommittee• Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Natural Resources Committee
Environmental Protection
Related Bills
- HR 117-4336: NEPA State Assignment Expansion Act
- S 117-716: NEPA Legal Reform Act
- S 117-719: NEPA State Assignment Expansion Act
- S 117-717: UNSHACKLE Act
- HR 117-4740: NEPA Agency Process Accountability Act
- S 117-715: NEPA Data Transparency and Accountability Act
- S 117-718: NEPA Agency Process Accountability Act
- HR 117-4335: NEPA Accountability and Enforcement Act
- HR 117-3813: NEPA Legal Reform Act
- HR 117-4739: NEPA Data Transparency and Accountability Act
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityCivil actions and liabilityClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental regulatory proceduresEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFederal district courtsGovernment information and archivesIntergovernmental relationsJudicial procedure and administrationJudicial review and appealsJurisdiction and venueLegal fees and court costsLicensing and registrationsState and local government operations