,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajbfa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,september #c1       
#bjbf,mr4 ,fitzpatrick 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,davis of ,north ,carolina7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of
 #aifi to require additional information
 and analysis in environmental impact   
statements prepared for major ,federal  
actions that involve the acquisition of 
private property4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,edgely  
,community ,protection and ,transparency
 ,act4  #b4 ,requirements for major     
,federal actions that involve the       
acquisition of private property ,section
 #ajf7;b77#a7 of the ,national          
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dccf7;b77#a77 is        
amended--  7#a7 by striking ,an agency  
shall issue and inserting the following3
  7,a7 ,in general ,an agency shall     

issue  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end 
the following3  7,b7 ,actions that      
involve the acquisition of private      
property ,if an agency is required to   
prepare an environmental impact         
statement under this ,act for a proposed
 agency action that involves the        
acquisition 7including through the      
exercise of eminent domain7 of private  
property1 the agency shall--  7i7       
identify in the environmental impact    
statement an estimate of the acreage or 
other measure of private property       
anticipated to be acquired for the      
proposed agency action and each         
alternative to the proposed agency      
action analyzed in the environmental    
impact statement2 and  7ii7 if the      
environmental impact statement          
identifies a preferred alternative--    
7,i7 identify whether the preferred     
alternative results in the least amount 
of acquisition of private property      
compared to the proposed agency action  
and the other alternatives to the       

proposed agency action analyzed in the  
environmental impact statement2 and     
7,,ii7 include in the environmental     
impact statement an analysis of how     
public comments regarding the           
acquisition 7including through the      
exercise of eminent domain7 of private  
property were taken into account when   
identifying the preferred alternative4  
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