CERTAIN Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, CERTAIN Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Energy, Government Operations.
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 H321063C20DA24716B70ED17761B4CFAD: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Create Expedited Reviews to Transform American Infrastructure Now Act or the CERTAIN Act.
- Section HC7D91F8409274EF5B47D7D535F79EEC0: 2. Authorization certainty Except as provided in this subsection or explicitly provided in any other provision of law, a Federal agency may not revoke,...
- Section H0E3C13980CD047529984BC6A77264E59: 3. Timelines and process for application review Unless a shorter timeline is provided under another provision of law, an agency that receives an application...
- Section H4278D591D2FF4DB5B81DC2EC84EE07E2: 4. Preventing unnecessary delays in environmental reviews The Council on Environmental Quality shall, in consultation with relevant Federal agencies— not later...
- Section H05C5F3CC1A1D40A5A54B9222723AE91A: 5. Judicial review of actions relating to authorizations Any agency action with respect to an authorization described in section 2(a), and any action or...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, CERTAIN Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Energy, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, CERTAIN Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Vasquez, …
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?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
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