[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5, Parts 1200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1216.315]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1216--ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart 1216.3--Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental 
                            Policy Act (NEPA)
 
Sec. 1216.315  Processing legislative environmental impact statements.

    (a) Preparation of a legislative environmental impact statement 
shall conform to the requirements of 40 CFR 1506.8 of the CEQ 
Regulations. The responsible Headquarters official, in coordination with 
the Associate Administrator for Management, shall identify those NASA 
recommendations or reports on legislation that would require preparation 
of environmental impact statements in accordance with criteria set forth 
in 14 CFR 1216.305.
    (b) For the purposes of this provision, ``legislation'' not only 
excludes requests for appropriations (40 CFR 1508.17 of the CEQ 
Regulations), but

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also excludes the annual authorization bill submitted to the Congress.

[53 FR 9762, Mar. 25, 1988]