This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by the Council on Environmental Quality titled National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions and published on April 20, 2022. The rule restores regulatory provisions issued under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) that were in effect before being modified in 2020 by the Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act rule.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 91 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. J. RES. 91
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on
Environmental Quality relating to ``National Environmental Policy Act
Implementing Regulations Revisions''.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 19, 2022
Mr. Graves of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Scalise, Ms.
Stefanik, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Newhouse, and
Mr. Graves of Missouri) submitted the following joint resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on
Environmental Quality relating to ``National Environmental Policy Act
Implementing Regulations Revisions''.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the
rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to
``National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations
Revisions'' (87 Fed. Reg. 23453 (April 20, 2022)), and such rule shall
have no force or effect.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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