Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits a federal agency from considering the "social cost" of carbon emissions in an environmental review.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the lead agency of a project from using the “social cost of carbon” in an environmental review required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (Sec. 2).

• Defines “social cost of carbon” as an estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year including, but not limited to, a change in agricultural productivity, human health, and property damages (Sec. 2).

• Prohibits a lead agency from preparing more than 1 environment impact statement and 1 environmental assessment for a federal project (Sec. 2).

• Requires a lead agency to complete certain NEPA documents for a federal project by the following deadlines (Sec. 2):
• An environmental impact statement is due within 2 years of the project application; and
• An environmental assessment is due within 1 year of the project request.

• Requires a claim for judicial review of an action under NEPA to be filed within 180 days after the Federal Register gives public notice of the action (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text