,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cigj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #c1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,ricketts introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,environment and ,public ,works  ,a     
,,bill  ,to exempt from the requirements
 of ,,nepa the provision of certain     
assistance for the construction or      
modification of residential housing on  
infill sites1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,rural ,housing ,regulatory     
,relief ,act4  #b4 ,applicability of    
,,nepa to the provision of certain      
assistance for the construction or      
modification of residential housing on  
infill sites  7a7 ,exemption ,providing 
assistance under section #eja1 #ejb1    
#ejd1 #eae1 #ecc1 or #ech of the        
,housing ,act of #aidi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#adga1 #adgb1 #adgd1 #adhe1 #adijm1 or  
#adijp-#b7 for the construction or      
modification of residential housing     

located on an infill site may not be    
considered a major ,federal action under
 section #ajb7b77;,c7 of the ,national  
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dccb7b77;,c774  7b7     
,report ,not later than the date that is
 #e years after the date of enactment of
 this section1 the ,secretary of        
,agriculture shall submit to ,congress a
 report that-- 7#a7 determines whether  
the implementation of this section--    
7,a7 reduced the amount of time it takes
 to review an application for assistance
 described in subsection 7a72 and  7,b7 
reduced the administrative cost of      
providing such assistance2  7#b7        
describes how the implementation of this
 section affects the affordable housing 
sector in rural ,america2 and  7#c7     
includes any recommendations from the   
,secretary of ,agriculture for future   
congressional action regarding revisions
 to categorical exclusions or exemptions
 from the requirements of the ,national 
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    

7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq47 related to
 the provision of assistance described  
in subsection 7a74  7c7 ,savings clause 
,this section does not affect any       
requirement under any law other than the
 ,national ,environmental ,policy ,act  
of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq474 
7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,greenfield ,the term greenfield means a
 site that has not been developed1      
including a woodland1 farmland1 and an  
open field4  7#b7 ,infill site ,the term
 infill site-- 7,a7 means a site that is
 served by existing infrastructure1     
including water lines1 sewer lines1 and 
roads2 and  7,b7 does not include-- 7i7 
a site that is served by existing       
infrastructure that only consists of a  
road2  7ii7 a site within a census tract
 designated as very high or relatively  
high risk for wildfire1 coastal         
flooding1 and riverine flooding under   
the ,national ,risk ,index of the       
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
pursuant to section #bjf of the ,robert 

,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and     
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eacf72 and  7iii7 a          
greenfield4