,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbfe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bb1     
#bjbj,mr4 ,lee introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,national ,environmental ,policy ,act  
of #aifi to require the submission of   
certain reports1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,,nepa ,data ,transparency 
and ,accountability ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 
,required reports under ,,nepa ,title ,i
 of the ,national ,environmental ,policy
 ,act of #aifi is amended-- 7#a7 by     
redesignating section #aje 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #dcce7 as section #ajf2 and   
7#b7 by inserting after section #ajd    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dccd7 the following3    
#aje4 ,required reports  7a7            
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,environmental assessment ,the term     
environmental assessment has the meaning
 given the term in section #aejh4i of   

title #dj1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations 7or a successor            
regulation74  7#b7 ,environmental impact
 statement ,the term environmental      
impact statement means a detailed       
statement required under section        
#ajb7b77;,c74  7#c7 ,federal agency ,the
 term ,federal agency includes a ,state 
that has assumed responsibility under   
section #cbg of title #bc1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7#d7 ,head of a ,federal
 agency ,the term head of a ,federal    
agency includes the governor or head of 
an applicable ,state agency of a ,state 
that has assumed responsibility under   
section #cbg of title #bc1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7#e7 ,,nepa process     
7,a7 ,in general ,the term ,,nepa       
process means the entirety of every     
process1 analysis1 or other measure1    
including an environmental impact       
statement1 required to be carried out by
 a ,federal agency under this title     
before the agency undertakes a proposed 
action4  7,b7 ,period ,for purposes of  

subparagraph 7,a71 the ,,nepa process-- 
7i7 begins on the date on which the head
 of a ,federal agency receives an       
application for a proposed action from a
 project sponsor2 and  7ii7 ends on the 
date on which the ,federal agency       
issues1 with respect to the proposed    
action-- 7,i7 a record of decision1     
including1 if necessary1 a revised      
record of decision2  7,,ii7 a finding of
 no significant impact2 or  7,,iii7 a   
categorical exclusion under this title4 
7#f7 ,project sponsor ,the term project 
sponsor means a ,federal agency or other
 entity1 including a private or         
public-private entity1 that seeks       
approval of a proposed action4  7b7     
,reports  7#a7 ,,nepa data  7,a7 ,in    
general ,the head of each ,federal      
agency that carries out the ,,nepa      
process shall carry out a process to    
track1 and annually submit to ,congress 
a report containing1 the information    
described in subparagraph 7,b74  7,b7   
,information described ,the information 

referred to in subparagraph 7,a7 is1    
with respect to the ,federal agency     
issuing the report under that           
subparagraph-- 7i7 the number of        
proposed actions for which a categorical
 exclusion was issued during the        
reporting period2  7ii7 the length of   
time the ,federal agency took to issue  
the categorical exclusions described in 
clause 7i72  7iii7 the number of        
proposed actions pending on the date on 
which the report is submitted for which 
the issuance of a categorical exclusion 
is pending2  7iv7 the number of proposed
 actions for which an environmental     
assessment was issued during the        
reporting period2  7v7 the length of    
time the ,federal agency took to        
complete each environmental assessment  
described in clause 7iv72  7vi7 the     
number of proposed actions pending on   
the date on which the report is         
submitted for which an environmental    
assessment is being drafted2  7vii7 the 
number of proposed actions for which an 

environmental impact statement was      
issued during the reporting period2     
7viii7 the length of time the ,federal  
agency took to complete each            
environmental impact statement described
 in clause 7vii72 and  7ix7 the number  
of proposed actions pending on the date 
on which the report is submitted for    
which an environmental impact statement 
is being drafted4  7#b7 ,,nepa costs    
7,a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year
 after the date of enactment of this    
subsection1 the ,chair of the ,council  
on ,environmental ,quality and the      
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall jointly develop a     
methodology to assess the comprehensive 
costs of the ,,nepa process4  7,b7      
,requirements ,the head of each ,federal
 agency that carries out the ,,nepa     
process shall-- 7i7 adopt the           
methodology developed under subparagraph
 7,a72 and  7ii7 use the methodology    
developed under subparagraph 7,a7 to    
annually submit to ,congress a report   

describing-- 7,i7 the comprehensive cost
 of the ,,nepa process for each proposed
 action that was carried out within the 
reporting period2 and  7,,ii7 for a     
proposed action for which the head of   
the ,federal agency is still completing 
the ,,nepa process at the time the      
report is submitted-- 7aa7 the amount of
 money expended to date to carry out the
 ,,nepa process for the proposed action2
 and  7bb7 an estimate of the remaining 
costs before the ,,nepa process for the 
proposed action is complete4  4