This bill would require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) to reclassify how many HUD housing activities are handled under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The bill defines an "infill project" and then lists many housing-related activities that HUD must treat as either exempt or categorically excluded under HUD's NEPA regulations as they existed on January 1, 2025. The activities listed include tenant-based rental assistance; supportive services; operating costs; many economic development activities; homebuyer assistance and pre-development costs that have no physical impact; approval of supplemental assistance; emergency homeowner or renter utility repairs; repair and rehabilitation of public facilities and housing; small-scale new construction and scattered-site projects; conversions of offices to housing (with limits); infill projects; and voluntary buyouts in flood- or disaster-impacted areas. The bill also requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congressional committees for five years, starting two years after enactment, summarizing any reductions in review times and administrative cost reductions caused by these changes and offering recommendations for future changes to categorical exclusions or exemptions.
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