A bill to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to provide for a statute of limitations with respect to judicial review of environmental impact statements.

Summary

Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require that actions for judicial review of any final detailed environmental impact statement be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction within a statute of limitations of 180 days after the date on which such final statement is published in the Federal Register.

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Timeline

1. 10 April 1979

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 April 1979

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 10 April 1979

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Young, Milton R. [R-ND] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Schmitt, Harrison H. [R-NM] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Tower, John G. [R-TX] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Laxalt, Paul D. [R-NV] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] · D · Cosponsor
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