,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #cdb #aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #egc ,report ,no4 #aai-cic ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #ba1 #bjbe,mr4 ,yakym 7for himself and ,mr4 ,panetta7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources ,december #d1 #bjbe;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,mann1 ,mr4 ,edwards1 ,mr4 ,fulcher1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 and ,mr4 ,gill of ,texas ,december #d1 #bjbe,reported with an amendment1 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic,for text of introduced bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on ,january #ba1 #bjbe ,a ,,bill ,to require the ,council on ,environmental ,quality to publish an annual report on environmental reviews and causes of action based on alleged non-compliance with the ,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,studying ,,nepa's ,impact on ,projects ,act4 #b4 ,annual report on ,,nepa's impact on projects ,section #bja of the ,national ,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcda7 is amended to read as follows3 #bja4 ,annual reports on ,,nepa's impact on projects 7a7 ,submissions by lead agencies ,not later than ,july #a1 #bjbf1 and annually thereafter1 the head of each lead agency shall submit to the ,council on ,environmental ,quality a report on-- 7#a7 each civil action alleging an agency action in violation of this ,act that was active during the period beginning ,june #a of the preceding year and ending ,june #a of the current year1 which shall identify-- 7,a7 with respect to each such civil action-- 7i7 the defendant lead agency1 where applicable1 and each plaintiff2 and 7ii7 the court in which the civil action was brought and any court to which a decision on the civil action was appealed2 7,b7 the number of such civil actions1 disaggregated by the defendant agency1 with a single entry denoting the lead agency1 where applicable1 for cases involving multiple ,federal agency defendants2 7,c7 the alleged basis for each such civil action1 disaggregated by covered sectors2 and 7,d7 the status and outcome1 if applicable1 of each civil action alleging an agency action in violation of this ,act that was active during the period beginning ,june #a of the preceding year and ending ,june #a of the current year1 including whether-- 7i7 the civil action resulted in a decision to hold unlawful and set aside the agency action within the meaning of section #gjf7b7 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 7ii7 the civil action resulted in a decision allowing the ,federal agency to proceed with the major ,federal action2 7iii7 the civil action resulted in an order remanding the matter to the agency for reconsideration without vacating the analysis2 7iv7 any claim under the civil action was resolved by a settlement agreement or consent decree between any plaintiff and the defendant lead agency2 7v7 the civil action is still active2 and 7vi7 any of the plaintiffs received an award1 including an award of costs pursuant to section #bdab of title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 except that if such information is received after the lead agency submits the applicable report to the ,council on ,environmental ,quality1 the lead agency shall include such information in the subsequent report2 7#b7 the length of environmental impact statements made publicly available pursuant to section #ajb7b77;,c7 during the period of #e years that ends on ,june #a of the current year1 which shall include-- 7,a7 the average and median page count of all such environmental impact statements 7not including the page count of any citations or appendices71 including such page counts disaggregated by quartiles2 7,b7 the average and median page count of any citations and appendices included in such environmental impact statements2 7,c7 the number of such environmental impact statements1 disaggregated by lead agency and subagency as applicable2 7,d7 a description of trends in average and median page count of such environmental impact statements and any citations and appendices included in such environmental impact statements compared to prior reports published by the ,council on ,environmental ,quality2 and 7,e7 for each report submitted under this section through #bjbh1 a disaggregation of the data from before and after the date of the enactment of the ,fiscal ,responsibility ,act of #bjbc2 7#c7 an estimate of the cost to prepare the environmental impact statements described in paragraph 7#b71 including-- 7,a7 the full-time equivalent personnel hour costs1 contractor costs1 and other direct costs of the lead agency that prepared the environmental impact statement2 and 7,b7 if practicable1 and noted where not practicable1 the costs incurred by cooperating agencies1 participating agencies1 any project sponsor that prepared an environmental impact statement under the supervision of the lead agency1 and contractors2 and 7#d7 the timelines to complete environmental impact statements pursuant to section #ajb7b77;,c7 during the period of #aj years that ends on ,june #a of the current year1 which shall include-- 7,a7 with respect to each major ,federal action commenced during such period of #aj years1 the date on which 7as applicable7-- 7i7 the project sponsor submitted an application for any permit or other authorization for the project2 7ii7 the lead agency began the scoping2 7iii7 the notice of intent to prepare the environmental impact statement was made publicly available2 7iv7 the environmental impact statement was made publicly available2 7v7 the record of decision was made publicly available2 and 7vi7 the lead agency provided to the project sponsor notice to proceed on the project2 7,b7 the average and median completion timelines during such period of #aj years for each document described in subparagraph 7,a72 7,c7 a description of trends in completion timelines during such period of #aj years for such documents compared to prior reports published by the ,council on ,environmental ,quality2 and 7,d7 for each report submitted under this section through #bjcc1 a disaggregation of the data from before and after the date of the enactment of the ,fiscal ,responsibility ,act of #bjbc4 7b7 ,publication and submission of reports by the ,council on ,environmental ,quality 7#a7 ,in general ,the ,council on ,environmental ,qualify shall annually-- 7,a7 publish the reports received under subsection 7a7 on the website of the ,council on ,environmental ,quality2 and 7,b7 submit such reports to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,committee on ,environment and ,public ,works of the ,senate4 7#b7 ,inclusion in other reports ,the ,council on ,environmental ,quality may carry out paragraph 7#a77;,b7 by including the reports received under subsection 7a7 in the report submitted under section #ajg7;h74 7#c7 ,public availability of data ,the ,council on ,environmental ,quality shall publish with each report published under paragraph 7#a77;,a7 the underlying data used to prepare each such report and include any citations or other information necessary for the public to locate records related to the court proceedings for any civil action described in subsection 7a77#a74 7c7 ,format ,to the extent practicable1 the information included in each report submitted to the ,council on ,environmental ,quality under subsection 7a7 shall be disaggregated by covered sector4 7d7 ,covered sector defined ,in this section1 the term covered sector means any of the following sectors3 7#a7 ,aviation and space4 7#b7 ,broadband4 7#c7 ,carbon capture and sequestration4 7#d7 ,conventional energy production4 7#e7 ,electricity transmission4 7#f7 ,forestry4 7#g7 ,information technology infrastructure4 7#h7 ,manufacturing4 7#i7 ,mining4 7#aj7 ,pipelines4 7#aa7 ,ports and waterways4 7#ab7 ,renewable energy production4 7#ac7 ,surface transportation4 7#ad7 ,water resources4 7#ae7 ,any other sector as determined by the ,council on ,environmental ,quality or lead agency4 4 ,december #d1 #bjbe,reported with an amendment1 committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be printed