,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hbef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ae1      
#bjbj,ms4 ,cheney 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,gosar1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,young1    
,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4 ,stauber1 ,mr4 ,bishop
 of ,utah1 ,mr4 ,crawford1 ,mr4 ,kevin  
,hern of ,oklahoma1 ,mr4 ,newhouse1 ,mr4
 ,westerman1 and ,mr4 ,johnson of       
,louisiana7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on the    
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,national      
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi to 
provide a rule to determine venue for a 
proceeding for judicial review of       
certain agency actions4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,recognition of ,local ,interests in    

,,nepa ,decision ,making4  #b4 ,venue   
for judicial review ,title ,i of the    
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq47 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #ajf4 ,venue for judicial   
review  7a7 ,in general ,a proceeding   
for judicial review of an agency action 
when there is an alleged failure to     
fulfill the requirements of section     
#ajb7b77;,c7 shall be brought           
exclusively in any of the following3    
7#a7 ,a ,united ,states district court  
for a district in which the authorized  
activity is proposed to be carried out4 
7#b7 ,the ,united ,states district court
 for the ,district of ,columbia4  7b7   
,agency action defined ,the term agency 
action has the meaning given such term  
in section #eea of title #e1 ,united    
,states ,code4  4