Determination of NEPA Adequacy Streamlining Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6163 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6163 To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to allow Federal agencies to rely on certain previously completed environmental assessments and environmental impact statements to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 19, 2025 Mr. Valadao introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to allow Federal agencies to rely on certain previously completed environmental assessments and environmental impact statements to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Determination of NEPA Adequacy Streamlining Act''. SEC. 2. RELIANCE ON PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS. Section 108 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4336b) is amended-- (1) in the heading by striking ``programmatic environmental document'' and inserting ``programmatic environmental documents and reliance on previously completed environmental documents''; (2) by striking ``When an agency prepares'' and inserting the following: ``(a) Programmatic Environmental Documents.--When an agency prepares''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(b) Reliance on Previously Completed Environmental Documents.-- ``(1) Actions that are substantially the same.--A lead agency may satisfy the requirements of this Act with r