United States · Bill · S
S. 4862 (116th)
UNSHACKLE Act of 2020
Introduced
26 October 2020
Last action
26 October 2020 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Sponsors
Mike Lee, Kevin Cramer, Ted Cruz
Subjects
Environment, Climate
Source updated
14 January 2025
Summary
Undoing NEPA’s Substantial Harm by Advancing Concepts that Kickstart the Liberation of the Economy Act of 2020 or the UNSHACKLE Act of 2020 This bill revises the environmental review process required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), including by establishing deadlines for federal agencies to complete reviews of the environmental effects of proposed major federal actions; establishing penalties for agencies that do not comply with these deadlines; limiting the number of assessment documents required for proposed major federal actions, requiring agencies to reuse certain research or documents, and allowing agencies to adopt environmental documents prepared by states or third parties; requiring agencies to only consider alternatives to proposed actions that are technically and economically feasible; prohibiting agencies from considering whether proposed actions or alternatives to those actions will have an effect on climate change; and establishing requirements concerning the judicial review of NEPA cases.
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Timeline
26 October 2020
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Source: IntroReferral
26 October 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 26 October 2020 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 26 October 2020
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 26 October 2020
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 26 October 2020
Sponsors
Related records
- related to → NEPA State Assignment Expansion Act of 2020
- related to → UNSHACKLE Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4862
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/4862
- us · 116-s-4862 · source updated 14 January 2025