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Agencies may not consider effects that are speculative, attenuated from the project or action, separate in time or place from the project or action, or in relation to separate projects or actions."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill modifies the requirement for agencies to prepare an environmental assessment to apply to agency actions that are not likely to have a reasonably foreseeable significant effect on the quality of the human environment. 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that authorize or affect use of lands, minerals or other resources held in trust for a federally recognized Indian Tribe, the section bars administrative and judicial review of NEPA compliance claims, except for claims brought by that Tribe or involving effects outside the trust resources.","amount":null,"quote":"there shall be no administrative or judicial review of such final agency action based on a claim of failure to comply with the requirements of this Act"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4776/text/eh#HFDA5E60916A24EFAA7CF04759F80DDA8"},"heading":"Preservation of ongoing administrative corrections","effect":"The Act and its amendments do not apply to agency actions for which a Federal agency, between January 20, 2025 and enactment, filed a motion to voluntarily remand or reopened, reconsidered, or began corrective action.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not apply to any agency action with respect to which a Federal agency 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H.R. 4776, 119th Congress: SPEED Act. House: 221 Yea, 196 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 18 Dec 2025."}}