Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
H.R. 8156
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Newhouse
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Wash.
Issue
6
Volume
54
Update Issue
13
Update Volume
54
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H2700

would direct the U.S. Comptroller General to submit to Congress an updated report on the roles, responsibilities, and practices of CEQ.

89 FR 35442
05/01/2024
Update Type
Final Rules

CEQ finalized its “Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule” to revise its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA. 

Volume
54
Issue
7
Update Volume
54
Update Issue
13
89 FR 14087
02/26/2024
Update Type
Notices

BLM announced its intent to revise the Bureau's policies and procedures for compliance with NEPA, various executive orders, and CEQ's NEPA implementing regulations by proposing to remove four administratively established categorical exclusions (CEs) and to incorporate two CEs established by Congress. 

Volume
54
Issue
4
Update Volume
54
Update Issue
7
88 FR 49924
07/31/2023
Update Type
Proposed Rules

CEQ proposed the “Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule” to revise its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA, including to implement the Fiscal Responsibility Act’s amendments to NEPA.

Volume
53
Issue
9
Update Volume
53
Update Issue
22
88 FR 37518
06/08/2023
Update Type
Notices

CEQ requested input to inform the development of an Ocean Justice Strategy, which will describe the vision, goals, and high-level objectives for coordinating and guiding ocean justice activities across the federal government.

Volume
53
Issue
8
Update Volume
53
Update Issue
17
88 FR 28532
05/04/2023
Update Type
Notices

CEQ requested information on Columbia River salmon and other native fish restoration, as well as other relevant information to an ongoing mediation.

Volume
53
Issue
7
Update Volume
53
Update Issue
13
88 FR 1196
01/09/2023
Update Type
Notices

CEQ issued interim guidance to assist agencies in analyzing greenhouse gas and climate change effects of their proposed actions under NEPA.

Volume
53
Issue
3
Update Volume
53
Update Issue
2
87 FR 60228
10/04/2022
Update Type
Notices

The Office of Science and Technology Policy and CEQ seek input on the development of a U.S. Ocean Climate Action Plan that will help guide and coordinate actions by the federal government and civil society to address ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes-based mitigation and adaptation solutions to climate change.

Volume
52
Issue
12
Update Volume
52
Update Issue
28
87 FR 23453
04/20/2022
Update Type
Final Rules

CEQ amended certain provisions of its regulations for implementing NEPA that address the purpose and need of a proposed action, agency NEPA procedures for implementing CEQ's NEPA regulations, and the definition of "effects"; these amendments generally restore provisions that were in effect for decades before being modified in 2020. 

Volume
52
Issue
6
Update Volume
52
Update Issue
12