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Expedited Federal Permitting for California Act

H.R. 4908 · 118th Congress · Jul 26, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 23, United States Code, to make eligible airport-related projects and port development projects eligible for approval under State environmental laws and regulations instead of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Expedited Federal Permitting for California Act”.

Sec. 2 Program for eliminating duplication of environmental reviews

(a)
In general— Section 330 of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)(1) by striking “pilot”;
(2)
in subsection (j) by striking “Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the” and inserting “The”;
(3)
by striking subsection (k);
(4)
in subsection (l)—
(A)
in paragraph (3) by striking “pilot”; and
(B)
in paragraph (4)—
(i)
in subparagraph (A) by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
(ii)
by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D); and
(iii)
by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:

“(B) an eligible airport-related project (as such term is defined in section 40117(a) of title 49);

“(C) an eligible port development project described in section 54301(a)(3) of title 49; and”

(5)
by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (k).
(b)
Regulations— Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such regulations as are necessary to implement the amendments made by subsection (a).