To ensure the expeditious completion of National Environmental Policy Act reviews under applicable law.

SA 363. Mrs. BOXER proposed an amendment to amendment SA 98 proposed
by Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making
supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation,
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to
the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place insert the following.

Findings

The Senate finds that:
According to leading national and state organizations,
there are many more NEPA compliant, ready-to-go activities,
than are funded in this bill, and If there is an action or
funds made available for an action that triggers NEPA, and
that activity could cause harm to public health, and that
harm has not been evaluated under NEPA, the project would not
meet the requirements of NEPA and should not be funded.

Section

Any action or funds made available for an action that
triggers NEPA, that have not complied with NEPA, and
therefore pose a potential danger to our communities across
the country, must-either come into compliance with NEPA or be
replaced by other eligible activities.

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