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The bill increases NEPA transparency and provides standardized data that can improve oversight and project planning, but it also creates new administrative and compliance costs and risks greater legal scrutiny and politicization of agency decisions.
Federal agencies, policymakers, and the public will receive standardized annual NEPA litigation outcomes and EIS metrics, improving transparency, accountability, and enabling informed congressional and agency oversight.
Project sponsors, cooperating agencies, and agency planners can use reported timeline and cost estimates to plan, budget, and manage EIS preparation more accurately, reducing uncertainty for project delivery and budgeting.
Lead agencies and project sponsors will face new administrative and compliance costs to compile and publish detailed litigation, cost, and timeline data annually, which could divert agency staff/time, increase taxpayer expense, and potentially delay projects.
Public disclosure of litigation details and court records may increase legal scrutiny and politicization of NEPA cases, exposing agencies to greater litigation risk and political pressure that could skew decision-making.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires lead federal agencies to submit annual CEQ reports on NEPA litigation, EIS length/count trends, and EIS preparation cost estimates beginning in 2026.
Requires every lead federal agency to submit an annual, detailed report to the Council on Environmental Quality about civil litigation alleging violations of the National Environmental Policy Act and about metrics and costs for Environmental Impact Statements (EISs). Reports begin July 1, 2026, and each year thereafter, and must include case counts, parties, courts, alleged bases, case outcomes, awards, and multi-year statistics on EIS length, counts by agency, trends, and estimated preparation costs.
Introduced January 21, 2025 by Rudy Yakym · Last progress December 10, 2025