Sec. 6. Environmental review criteria

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Section 6 of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 ( 33 U.S.C. 1505 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (3), by inserting recreation, after fishing, ; in paragraph (6)— by inserting , safety, after health ; and by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraphs

(1)through (5), (6), and

(7)as subparagraphs

(A)through (E), (G), and (N), respectively, and indenting appropriately; by inserting after subparagraph

(E)(as so redesignated) the following: the effect on air qualify from all activities related to operation and construction of the deepwater port; ; by inserting after subparagraph

(G)(as so redesignated) the following: the health and climate impact on— impacted communities; and environmental justice communities nationwide; the effect on— national policy goals; and the commitment of the United States to transition away from fossil fuels to clean renewable energy; the effect on threatened and endangered species, their critical habitat, and their ability to adapt to a changing environment; compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. ), the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. ), and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ); the effect of all upstream and downstream activities on all outcomes described in subparagraphs

(A)through (K); the cumulative effect, on all outcomes described in subparagraphs

(A)through (K), of all activities relating to the deepwater port combined with the cumulative effect of all activities relating to all deepwater ports proposed, under construction, or operating in the same geographic region; and ; and in the matter preceding subparagraph

(A)(as so redesignated), by striking Act. Such criteria and inserting the following: “Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ). The criteria established pursuant to paragraph

(1); and in the matter preceding paragraph

(2)(as so designated), by striking The Secretary and inserting the following: The Secretary ; and in subsection (b)— by striking The Secretary and inserting the following: The Secretary ; and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the NO SPILLS Act of 2024 , the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and any other Federal departments or agencies having jurisdiction over any aspect of the construction or operation of a deepwater port, shall update the criteria established pursuant to subsection (a). .

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