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Sec. 2 · H.R. 8249

Scope of review

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Section 106 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4336) is amended— (1) in the heading, by inserting; scope of review after level of review; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (c) Scope of review In preparing an environmental document for a proposed agency action, a Federal agency is only required to consider those effects that share a reasonably close causal relationship to, and are proximately caused by, the immediate project or action under consideration, to comply with the requirements of this Act..