---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 4336d"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "4336d"
heading: "E-NEPA"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/4336d"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — National Environmental Policy"
  - "Subchapter I — Policies and Goals"
---

# §4336d. E-NEPA

- (a) **Permitting portal study—** The [Council](/usc/42/4336e.md?p=3) on Environmental Quality shall conduct a study and submit a report to Congress within 1 year of the enactment of this Act[^1] on the potential for online and digital technologies to address delays in reviews and improve public accessibility and transparency under [section 4332(2)(C) of this title](/usc/42/4332.md) including, but not limited to, a unified permitting portal that would—
  - (1) allow applicants to—
    - (A) submit required documents or materials for their [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) in one unified portal;
    - (B) upload and collaborate with the applicable [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) to edit documents in real-time, as required;
    - (C) upload and display visual features such as video, animation, geographic information system displays, and three-dimensional renderings; and
    - (D) track the progress of individual applications;
  - (2) include a cloud based, digital tool for more complex reviews that would enhance interagency coordination in consultation by—
    - (A) centralizing, across all necessary [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), the data, visuals, and documents, including but not limited to geographic information system displays, other visual renderings, and completed reports and analyses necessary for reviews;
    - (B) streamlining communications between all necessary [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) and the applicant;
    - (C) allowing for comments and responses by and to all necessary [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) in one unified portal;
    - (D) generating analytical reports to aid in organizing and cataloguing public comments; and
    - (E) be[^2] accessible on mobile devices;
  - (3) boost transparency in [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) processes and present information suitable for a lay audience, including but not limited to—
    - (A) scientific data and analysis; and
    - (B) anticipated [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) process and timeline; and
  - (4) include examples describing how at least five permits would be reviewed and processed through this portal.
- (b) **Authorization of appropriations—** There is authorized to be appropriated $500,000 for the [Council](/usc/42/4336e.md?p=3) on Environmental Quality to carry out the study directed by this section.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.
[^2]: So in original. Probably should be “being”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–190, title I, § 110, as added Pub. L. 118–5, div. C, title III, § 321(b), June 3, 2023, 137 Stat. 44.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The enactment of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means the enactment of Pub. L. 118–5, which added this section to title I of Pub. L. 91–190 and was approved June 3, 2023.