UNSHACKLE Act
Latest action · Mar 11, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 11, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Undoing NEPA’s Substantial Harm by Advancing Concepts that Kickstart the Liberation of the Economy Act or the UNSHACKLE Act
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.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 11, 2021 to Mar 18, 2021; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Mar 11, 2021 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Mar 18, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Mar 11, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Mar 11, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| LSB10590 | Addressing Environmental Justice Through NEPA Archived | Insight | Sep 21, 2021 |
Related bills 12
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 715 | NEPA Data Transparency and Accountability Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2021 |
| S 716 | NEPA Legal Reform Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2021 |
| S 718 | NEPA Agency Process Accountability Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2021 |
| S 719 | NEPA State Assignment Expansion Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2021 |
| S 721 | NEPA Accountability and Enforcement Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2021 |
| HR 3813 | NEPA Legal Reform Act | Related bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
| HR 3814 | UNSHACKLE Act | Identical bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
| HR 4335 | NEPA Accountability and Enforcement Act | Related bill | Jul 1, 2021 |
| HR 4336 | NEPA State Assignment Expansion Act | Related bill | Jul 2, 2021 |
| HR 4739 | NEPA Data Transparency and Accountability Act | Related bill | Jul 28, 2021 |
| HR 4740 | NEPA Agency Process Accountability Act | Related bill | Jul 28, 2021 |
| S 4862 | UNSHACKLE Act of 2020 | Reintroduction of | Oct 26, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to impose time limits on the completion of certain required actions under the Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- UNSHACKLE Act
- Undoing NEPA’s Substantial Harm by Advancing Concepts that Kickstart the Liberation of the Economy Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Air quality
- Civil actions and liability
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Evidence and witnesses
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal district courts
- Government information and archives
- Intergovernmental relations
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Judicial review and appeals
- Jurisdiction and venue
- Legal fees and court costs
- Licensing and registrations
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 11, 2021Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
