This part tells two agencies to sign an agreement within 180 days. They must look at how their studies of effects on nature could be simpler. They must set up a way for one agency to lead. A report to Congress follows in a year. It may not make homes less safe or push costs onto residents.
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of AgricultureHow: statuteSec. 802 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to--”
The section requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter a memorandum of understanding within 180 days of enactment to evaluate categorical exclusions in the environmental review process for housing projects the two Departments fund, develop a process for naming a lead agency and adopting the other Department's environmental documents, keep compliance with part 58 of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on January 1, 2025 except where standard rulemaking changes the categorical exclusions, and evaluate whether a joint physical inspection process is feasible.
What the document actually says
“Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to--”
That sentence, in plain words
The housing agency and the farm agency must sign an agreement. They have 180 days to do it.
What this is about
Both agencies fund rural housing. Each runs its own study of effects on nature. The agreement looks at how to do that once instead of twice.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of AgricultureHow: statuteSec. 802 in the PDF
What the document says
“develop a process to designate a lead agency and streamline adoption of Environmental Impact Statements and Environmental Assessments approved by the other Department to construct housing projects funded by both agencies;”
The memorandum must set up a process for naming one lead agency and for adopting environmental impact statements and environmental assessments the other Department has approved, for housing projects both agencies fund.
What the document actually says
“develop a process to designate a lead agency and streamline adoption of Environmental Impact Statements and Environmental Assessments approved by the other Department to construct housing projects funded by both agencies;”
That sentence, in plain words
One agency must be named to lead. Papers approved by the other agency can then be taken on. That covers projects both agencies pay for.
What this is about
Two studies of the same project waste time. Naming a lead means only one is done. The other agency uses the same paper.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of AgricultureHow: statuteSec. 802 in the PDF
What the document says
“(A) reduce the safety of those residents; (B) shift long-term costs onto those residents; or (C) undermine the environmental standards of those residents.”
The section requires the two Secretaries to report within a year of enactment to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services with recommendations for legislative, regulatory, or administrative action to make jointly funded housing projects more efficient and effective, so long as those recommendations do not materially reduce residents' safety, shift long-term costs onto residents, or undermine environmental standards for them.
What the document actually says
“(A) reduce the safety of those residents; (B) shift long-term costs onto those residents; or (C) undermine the environmental standards of those residents.”
That sentence, in plain words
A change may not make residents less safe. It may not push long-term costs onto them. It may not weaken the standards that protect them.
What this is about
The report must suggest ways to make these projects work better. The three limits are guardrails. A change that crosses one may not be recommended.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
The two things the section does: the memorandum of understanding and the four matters it must cover, and the report with its recommendations and the three limits on them.
Nothing the section does is left out.
The memorandum turns on part 58 of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on January 1, 2025, which is not indexed here, so nothing is recorded about the categorical exclusions it lists.
