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H. Rept. 119-393 1 (2025-12-04)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahwn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-393 STUDYING NEPA'S IMPACT ON PROJECTS ACT DECEMBER 4, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 573] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 573) 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 Environ- mental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes, having consid- ered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Studying NEPA's Impact on Projects Act. SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON NEPA'S IMPACT ON PROJECTS. Section 201 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4341) is amended to read as follows: SEC. 201. ANNUAL REPORTS ON NEPA'S IMPACT ON PROJECTS. (a) SUBMISSIONS BY LEAD AGENCIES.-Not later than July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the head of each lead agency shall submit to the Council on Environ- mental Quality a report on- (1) each civil action alleging an agency action in violation of this Act that was active during the period beginning June 1 of the preceding year and ending June 1 of the current year, which shall identify- (A) with respect to each such civil action- (i) the defendant lead agency, where applicable, and each plaintiff; and (ii) the court in which the civil action was brought and any court to which a decision on the civil action was appealed; (B) the number of such civil actions, disaggregated by the defendant agency, with a single entry denoting the lead agency, where applicable, for cases involving multiple Federal agency defendants; (C) the alleged basis for each such civil action, disaggregated by covered sectors; and 69-006