Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for H.R. 2641 - RAPID Act

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Listed in Alphabetical Order

March 4, 2014 11:45 AM

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Jackson Lee (TX)

#4

Strikes deemed approved language for any project for which an agency does not meet the deadlines contained in the bill.

Johnson, Hank (GA)

#2

To clarify that nothing in the bill will change or limit any law or regulation allowing for public comment or participation in an agency decision making process.

McKinley (WV)

#5

LATE Does not allow agencies under this legislation to take into account the “social cost of carbon” from the “Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866 from May 2013 or November 2013.

Nadler (NY)

#3

Exempts from the bill any construction project for a nuclear facility planned in an area designated as an earthquake fault zone.

Webster (FL), Rigell (VA)

#1

Provides for projects that are under environmental review at the time of enactment to be completed within the deadlines that the underlying bill outlines.