A provision in the Pentagon policy bill working its way through Congress would ease environmental reviews to build some new computer chip factories, a measure meant to make the U.S. competitive against China in an area critical to national security.
in America Act, was tacked onto the National Defense Authorization Act in the Senate.
Many of the semiconductors that the U.S. imports, which are used in a variety of electronics and military vehicles, come from Taiwan or China. Though it wasn’t included in the House version of the NDAA, the computer chip amendment is expected to be adopted when the final version is hammered out in a House-Senate conference committee in September.
Democrats have historically rebuked Republican attempts to change or reform NEPA. But they may be keener to reforming the decades-old rule after backing the semiconductor amendment. Sen. Mark Kelly, Arizona Democrat, co-sponsored the legislation. The rule, known as the Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule, would streamline the permitting process for a bevy of projects from electric vehicle charging infrastructure to offshore wind to wildfire management. It would require projects to consider the cumulative environmental impact in a project area.and Science Act was signed into law by President Biden, but the $52 billion in incentive money for semiconductor manufacturers has yet to be disbursed.
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