Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Natural Resources Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
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.
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 63.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-88.
Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1973-1974)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 677.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1973)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1973)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Government Operations and Politics
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesDepartment of the InteriorIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersLand use and conservationMining
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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.
Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Natural Resources Committee
Government Operations and Politics
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesDepartment of the InteriorIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersLand use and conservationMining