Sec. 7. Programmatic environmental impact statement
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The Deepwater Port Act of 1974 ( 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 6 the following: The term programmatic environmental impact statement means an environmental impact statement (as defined in section 111 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4336e )) that is a programmatic environmental document (as defined in that section). Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the NO SPILLS Act of 2024 , the Secretary shall prepare, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) and this Act, a programmatic environmental impact statement to assess the impacts, including with respect to climate change, of all deepwater port projects in the Gulf of Mexico proposed, pending, or approved on or after the date of enactment of the NO SPILLS Act of 2024 .
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may not issue a license or permit for a new deepwater port under this or any other Act until the date on which the programmatic environmental impact statement required under subsection
(b)is completed. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. .
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