A bill to provide for a 3-year moratorium on the requirement of an environmental impact statement for Federal-aid highway projects.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Suspends for three years the requirement of an environmental impact statement for Federal-aid highway projects. Establishes a Commission of eleven members appointed by the President. Directs the Commission to: (1) study existing statutes and regulations relating to the environmental impact and environmental effects of Federal policies, regulations, and laws as they apply to projects on the Federal-aid highway system; (2) review policies and practices of the Federal and State agencies having jurisdiction over such highway projects insofar as such policies and practices relate to environmental impact and environmental effects; (3) compile data necessary to understand and determine the requirements for environmental control relating to highway programs; and (4) recommend such modifications or additions to existing law, regulations, policies, and practices, as will achieve workable and effective highway programs as well as serve the public interest in protecting environment. Requires the Commission, not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act, to submit to the President and the Congress its final report. States that the Commission shall cease to exist ninety days after submission of such report.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on May 13, 1975. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on May 13, 1975: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 94th Congress (1975-76), 588 of the 21,097 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
THOMAS KINDNESS (R-OH) introduced it on May 13, 1975, and 5 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 3 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on May 13, 1975, 18748 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18748 days ago, on May 13, 1975.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 94th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1977 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers