Necessary Environmental Exemptions for Defense Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2226 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2226 To exempt the Department of Defense from certain environmental protection activities. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 9, 2025 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To exempt the Department of Defense from certain environmental protection activities. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Necessary Environmental Exemptions for Defense Act''. SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FROM CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAWS. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) the Department of Defense (in this section referred to as the ``Department'') must operate with maximum agility and efficiency to ensure it is prepared to…