S.Amdt. 2257

SA 2257. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself,
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr.
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R.
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of the amendment, add the following:

DIVISION __--CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS RELATING TO EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

SEC. __. ANNUAL REPORT ON NEW CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS RELATING
TO EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.

The head of each Federal agency shall submit to Congress an
annual report on any future category of actions or issues
that would support the adoption or deployment of emerging
technologies, as determined by the head of a Federal agency,
that have not been addressed in any environmental assessment
(as defined in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal
Regulations (or a successor regulation)) conducted by that
Federal agency but that could meet the criteria for
consideration as a categorical exclusion from the
requirements of title I of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.).
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