# 119-hr-4068: Streamlining NEPA for Coal Act

119-hr-4068, Streamlining NEPA for Coal Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA); status in_committee (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4068
- Congress: 119
- Title: Streamlining NEPA for Coal Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-06-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Environmental Protection
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Pushes the Interior Department to identify NEPA categorical exclusions that could be used to speed coal production and export.** The bill would require the Secretary of the Interior to catalog existing and potential categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act and provide that list to the House Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee within 30 days. It would not create new exclusions, change NEPA standards, or authorize funding.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Coal projects environmental review exclusions list: mixed, low. If enacted, the Interior Secretary would have 30 days to list environmental review exclusions. The list would focus on items that could help coal production and export. It would include existing and possible future exclusions. The list would be sent to the House Natural Resources and Senate Energy…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025
- 119-hr-740: Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4068 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4068)

## Related
- [119-hr-9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9497)
- [119-hr-471: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-471)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-1897: ESA Amendments Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1897)
- [119-hr-740: Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-740)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4068 (as of 2026-04-21).