S 1472 · 96th Congress ·
A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide for special venue provisions in cases relating to the environment.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.(1979-07-10)
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Amends the venue provisions of Federal law to require a civil action arising under the National Environmental Policy Act or any Act of Congress relating to environmental quality, or an appeal from an agency decision arising under such Acts, in which the issue raised or the impact or injury alleged is less than nationwide in scope, to be brought only in a judicial district, or appealed to the court of appeals for the judicial circuit, in which such issue arises or in which a substantial portion of the impact or injury occurs.…
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