EARA

This bill, known as the Expedited Appeals Review Act , aims to streamline the appeals process for specific decisions made by the Department of the Interior. It allows parties appealing a Department of the Interior decision to the Board of Land Appeals to request an expedited review. Upon such a request, the Board of Land Appeals is mandated to issue a final decision within six months of receiving the expedited review notice, provided that at least eighteen months have passed since the initial appeal filing. Should the Board fail to meet this deadline, the Department's original decision will be considered a final agency action. Crucially, if the deadline is missed, any subsequent judicial review of that decision will proceed on a de novo basis, meaning the court will not defer to the agency's findings. This Act applies to both pending and newly filed appeals and supersedes conflicting deadlines in other specified laws.