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Senate Bill 302
115th Congress(2017-2018)
John P. Smith Act
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Passed Senate on Nov 29, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
Feb 3, 2017
Latest Action
Nov 30, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
302
Congress
115
Policy Area
Native Americans
Native Americans
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting Native Americans, including Alaska Natives and Hawaiians, in a variety of domestic policy settings. This includes claims, intergovernmental relations, and Indian lands and resources.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
John Barrasso
Wyoming
Republican
Mike Crapo
Idaho
Republican
Mike Enzi
Wyoming
Senate Votes (1)
House Votes (0)
checkPassed on November 29, 2017
Status
Passed
Type
Unanimous Consent
Unanimous Consent
A senator may request unanimous consent on the floor to set aside a specified rule of procedure so as to expedite proceedings. If no Senator objects, the Senate permits the action, but if any one senator objects, the request is rejected. Unanimous consent requests with only immediate effects are routinely granted, but ones affecting the floor schedule, the conditions of considering a bill or other business, or the rights of other senators, are normally not offered, or a floor leader will object to it, until all senators concerned have had an opportunity to inform the leaders that they find it acceptable.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7490-7491; text: CR S7490-7491)
Summary

John P. Smith Act

This bill modifies the approval process used for certain transportation projects on Indian reservations by allowing categorical exclusions from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements.

A "categorical exclusion" is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.

A "tribal transportation safety project" is one that is eligible for assistance under the tribal transportation program and that:

  • corrects or improves a hazardous road location or feature, or
  • addresses a highway safety problem.

The Department of the Interior shall review existing categorical exclusions for tribal transportation program projects and identify tribal transportation safety projects that meet categorical exclusion requirements.

The bill prescribes requirements for the expedited review and approval of tribal transportation safety projects under NEPA or other federal laws.

Interior shall enter into five-year programmatic agreements with Indian tribes that establish efficient administrative procedures for carrying out environmental reviews for tribal transportation projects, including whether any project is categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or impact statement under NEPA.

Text (3)
Engrossed in Senate
November 29, 2017
Reported to Senate
April 6, 2017
Introduced in Senate
February 3, 2017
Actions (10)
11/30/2017
Held at the desk.
11/30/2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
11/30/2017
Received in the House.
11/29/2017
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7490-7491; text: CR S7490-7491)
11/29/2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7490-7491; text: CR S7490-7491)
04/06/2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 33.
04/06/2017
Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Hoeven without amendment. With written report No. 115-27.
02/08/2017
Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported favorably.
02/03/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S680-681)
02/03/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:34:50 PM
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