Common Sense Permitting Act

United States115th CongressHR-6106House of Representatives
Updated: Sep 20, 2018

Summary

Common Sense Permitting Act This bill revises the approval process for certain oil and gas activities by requiring additional categorical exclusions from National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) requirements. (A categorical exclusion under NEPA is a category of actions that do not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required.)

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  1. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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  2. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 18.

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  3. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 743.

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  4. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-955.

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