The Portfolio Committee further agreed that the proposed amendments in the Bill to the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, Act No.107 of 1998, (NEMA), required further deliberation, as they raised serious constitutional and political challenges, in respect of which the Portfolio Committee required further information, legal advice and proposed amendments. These amendments would then be processed in a separate Bill, when the necessary information, advice and amendments was placed before and processed by the Portfolio Committee and would then be passed as a National Environmental Management Laws Second Amendment Bill, B13 of 2013 (the Second Amendment Bill).