Bill > HR2641

This bill, known as the RAPID Act (Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act), aims to improve coordination among government agencies when preparing environmental documents for permitting decisions, with the goal of making the process more efficient and less burdensome. It establishes new procedures for interagency coordination regarding permitting, allowing project sponsors to help prepare environmental documents under agency oversight, and permitting agencies to adopt environmental documents prepared by state agencies if they meet equivalent environmental protection and public involvement standards. The bill also sets deadlines for completing environmental reviews and related permitting decisions, limits the types of alternatives that need to be evaluated, and restricts the use of the "social cost of carbon" in environmental reviews. Furthermore, it clarifies the process for identifying and resolving issues that could delay projects and establishes limitations on legal challenges to permitting decisions, requiring parties to have raised issues during the review process to bring a lawsuit.