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119TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-88
EXPEDITED APPEALS REVIEW ACT
MAY 5, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 677]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 677) to establish a process to expedite the review of ap-
peals of certain decisions by the Department of the Interior, having
considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends 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 Expedited Appeals Review Act or the EARA.
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED REVIEWS.
(a) REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED REVIEw.-A party that files an appeal of a Depart-
ment of the Interior decision described under section 4.1(b)(2) of title 43, Code of
Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations), with the Board of Land Appeals
may submit to the Board of Land Appeals written notice of such party's intent to
seek expedited review of the appeal. If a party submits such written notice, the
Board of Land Appeals shall issue a final decision on the appeal by not later than
the date that is 6 months after the date on which such written notice is received,
except such deadline may not be earlier than the date that is 18 months after the
date on which the appeal was initially filed with the Board of Land Appeals.
(b) No FINAL DECISION.-If the Board of Land Appeals does not issue a final deci-
sion on an appeal by the deadline described in subsection (a)-
(1) the Department of the Interior decision is deemed to be a final agency ac-
tion for purposes of section 704 of title 5, United States Code; and
(2) notwithstanding section 706 of title 5, United States Code, judicial review
of such decision shall be de novo.
(c) APPLICABILITY.-This section shall apply to any appeal described in subsection
(a) that-
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