Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act

3.0.0 2170 2023-01-11T13:22:13Z 2023-01-11T13:22:13Z House H HR 2011-06-14 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HASTINGS of Washington:H.R. 2170.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution.[Page H4186]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Discharged from 2011-07-13T14:08:15Z Hearings by 2011-06-23T17:44:19Z Referred to 2011-06-16T14:23:08Z Reported by 2011-10-14T18:57:43Z Markup by 2011-07-13T13:54:24Z Referred to 2011-06-14T14:03:30Z H. Rept. 112-250 2011-10-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 166. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00166 2011-10-14 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-250. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2011-10-14 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-250. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2011-07-13 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 16. Committee 2011-07-13 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged. Committee 2011-07-13 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2011-06-23 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2011-06-16 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2011-06-14 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2011-06-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-06-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000329 Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] DOC HASTINGS R WA 4 N L000564 Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] Doug Lamborn R CO 5 2011-06-14 True B001262 Rep. Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] Paul Broun R GA C. 10 2011-06-14 True D000533 Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] JOHN DUNCAN R TN J. 2 2011-06-14 True W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2011-06-14 True M001177 Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] Tom McClintock R CA 4 2011-06-22 False L000574 Rep. Landry, Jeffrey M. [R-LA-3] Jeffrey Landry R LA M. 3 2011-06-22 False D000615 Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] Jeff Duncan R SC 3 2011-06-22 False S001186 Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2] Steve Southerland R FL 2 2011-07-12 False F000461 Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] Bill Flores R TX 17 2011-07-12 False L000573 Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] Raul Labrador R ID R. 1 2011-07-12 False M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 2011-07-12 False Energy Alternative and renewable resources Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Energy

00 2011-06-14 Introduced in House 2011-09-26T18:21:10Z Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act - Requires federal agencies, in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to: (1) any action authorizing or facilitating a proposed renewable energy project, to consider and analyze only the proposed action alternative and the no action alternative and to identify and analyze potential mitigation measures only for such alternatives; and (2) a proposed renewable energy project, to only consider public comments that specifically address such alternatives and that are filed within 30 days after publication of a draft environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.

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17 2011-10-14 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2012-02-16T20:58:50Z Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act - Requires federal agencies, in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) with respect to: (1) any action authorizing or facilitating a proposed renewable energy project, to consider and analyze at the election of the applicant only the proposed action alternative and the no action alternative and to identify and analyze potential mitigation measures only for such alternatives; and (2) a proposed renewable energy project, to only consider public comments that specifically address such alternatives and that are filed within 30 days after publication of a draft environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.

Defines a "renewable energy project" as a project on federal lands or in federal waters, including a project on the Outer Continental Shelf, using wind, solar power, geothermal power, biomass, or marine and hydrokinetic energy to generate energy, that is constructed encouraging the use of equipment and materials manufactured in the United States.

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Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act Display Title Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act Short Titles as Introduced Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act Short Titles as Reported to House Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act H House Official Title as Introduced Streamlining Federal review to facilitate renewable energy projects. Reported in House 2011-10-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2170rh/xml/BILLS-112hr2170rh.xml Introduced in House 2011-06-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2170ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2170ih.xml 2011-10-14 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 166. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.