- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Apr 13, 2026
What it does
The Commonsense Review Act would establish an interagency group led by the Secretary of Energy, including the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture and members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to align and adopt categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act. Within 360 days of enactment, the group must adopt existing categorical exclusions identified by other agencies and jointly create new ones for interstate electric transmission and battery energy storage projects deemed to have no significant environmental impact. The group must then submit a report to Congress detailing its actions, reasons for any inaction, and recommendations for future…
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