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H. Rept. 115-955 1 (2018-09-20)

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                     115TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        2d Session     HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES              115-955







                                   COMMON SENSE PERMITTING ACT



                       SEPTEMBER 20, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
                                     State of the Union and ordered to be printed



                       Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
                                           submitted the following


                                              REPORT

                                                together with

                                            DISSENTING VIEWS

                                            [To accompany H.R. 6106]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
                     bill (H.R. 6106) to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to clarify
                     the authorized categorical exclusions and authorize additional cat-
                     egorical exclusions to streamline the oil and gas permitting process,
                     and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favor-
                     ably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as
                     amended do pass.
                       The amendment is as follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

                     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                     This Act may be cited as the Common Sense Permitting Act.
                     SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005.
                     Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, (42 U.S.C. 15942) is amended to
                     read as follows:
                     SEC. 390. NEPA REVIEW.
                     (a) NEPA REVIEW.-Action by the Secretary of the Interior in managing the pub-
                     lic lands, or the Secretary of Agriculture in managing National Forest System
                     Lands, with respect to any of the activities described in subsection (d) shall be cat-
                     egorically excluded from any further analysis and documentation under the Na-
                     tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) if the activity is
                     conducted pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) for the pur-
                     pose of exploration or development of oil or gas.
                     (b) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.-Use of a categorical exclusion created in this sec-
                     tion-
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