H.R. 3814 · 117th Congress

UNSHACKLE Act

Introduced on Jun 11, 2021 by Liz Cheney (R-WY). One cosponsor. Latest action (Nov 1, 2022): Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 11, 2021
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Environmental Protection
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to impose time limits on the completion of certain required actions under the Act, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Air quality
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Congressional oversight
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal district courts
  • Government information and archives
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Judicial procedure and administration
  • Judicial review and appeals
  • Jurisdiction and venue
  • Legal fees and court costs
  • Licensing and registrations
  • State and local government operations

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jun 11, 2021). Public domain.

Undoing NEPA’s Substantial Harm by Advancing Concepts that Kickstart the Liberation of the Economy Act or the UNSHACKLE Act

This bill revises the environmental review process required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), including by

  • establishing deadlines for federal agencies to complete reviews of the environmental effects of proposed major federal actions;
  • establishing penalties for agencies that do not comply with these deadlines;
  • limiting the number of assessment documents required for proposed major federal actions, requiring agencies to reuse certain research or documents, and allowing agencies to adopt environmental documents prepared by states or third parties;
  • requiring agencies to only consider alternatives to proposed actions that are technically and economically feasible;
  • prohibiting agencies from considering whether proposed actions or alternatives to those actions will have an effect on climate change; and
  • establishing requirements concerning the judicial review of NEPA cases.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Liz CheneyR-WYSponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jun 11, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Jun 11, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Jun 11, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jun 11, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Jun 11, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  6. Jun 11, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  7. Jun 14, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  8. Jun 14, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
  9. Nov 1, 2022 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.