FEAT Act

This Act may be cited as the Free to Exit Administrative Tribunals Act or the FEAT Act.
In this section:
The term covered action means an agency proceeding that is adjudicated in the Departmental Cases Hearings Division or the Interior Board of Land Appeals of the Office of Hearings and Appeals of the Department of the Interior.
The term covered party means a party to a covered action that—
initiated the covered action seeking Department approval to engage in conduct for which Department approval is required; or
seeks relief from any sanction or civil penalty imposed on that party by the Department.
The term Department means the Department of the Interior.
In accordance with section 1446 of title 28, United States Code, a covered party may remove to a district court of the United States of competent jurisdiction a covered action not later than 60 days after that covered action is initiated with the Department.
A covered action removed to a district court of the United States under subsection (b) shall be reviewed de novo.