HR8249-119

In Committee

Making Reviews Certain Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 13, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Making Reviews Certain Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Transportation, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HF44C5FBB530B46859A5237D26D58CD91: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Reviews Certain Act.
  • Section H8E480884C52F4BE79E6C84342BF5D878: 2. Scope of review Section 106 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4336) is amended— in the heading, by inserting ; scope of review...
  • Section H2752AB4AFA2D49F0B155A65F4FD28A70: 3. Limitations on judicial review of environmental documents relating to energy infrastructure Title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42...
  • Section H0588BBE49BC14762A1F363FF5CF6E2AC: 110B. Limitations on judicial review of environmental documents relating to energy infrastructure Notwithstanding any other provision of law (except as...
  • Section HE78793161ED643578DBB5FC45A159D96: 4. Deference to agencies in judicial review Section 111 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4336e) is amended by adding at the end the...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Making Reviews Certain Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Transportation, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, Making Reviews Certain Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Transportation Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 13, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Apr 13, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 13, 2026

Mr. Gottheimer introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Transportation Energy
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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