3.0.0 1217 2023-01-11T13:31:12Z 2023-01-11T13:31:12Z Senate S 2015-05-06 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-05-14T21:20:08Z Referred to 2015-05-06T22:00:19Z North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 114 2012 S 2016-09-08 Conference held. 14:37:58 Related bill CRS 2015-05-14 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2015-05-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-05-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK N Energy Administrative remedies Electric power generation and transmission Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Executive agency funding and structure Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Land use and conservation Licensing and registrations Energy 00 2015-05-06 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-03T17:01:54Z Electric Transmission Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Act

This bill establishes the Interagency Rapid Response Team for Transmission (Team), composed of specified federal agencies, to expedite the permitting process for electric transmission infrastructure on both federal and non-federal land.

The Team shall:

  • facilitate coordination and unified environmental documentation among electric transmission infrastructure project applicants, federal agencies, states, and Indian tribes;
  • establish clear timelines for the review and coordination of projects;
  • ensure that each project is posted on the "e-Trans" federal permitting transmission tracking system; and
  • notify Team members involved in any specific permit of any outstanding agency action required with respect to the permit, and any approval or required comment that has exceeded statutory or agency timelines for completion.

The Transmission Ombudsperson, established by this Act within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, shall create a process for permitting maintenance and upgrades to electric transmission lines and resolving complaints.

The Department of the Interior must not take certain actions under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 with respect to rights-of-way reserved for a federal agency or department for an electric transmission system unless the agency or department head proposes to change the use of the right-of-way to support a function other than an electric transmission system.

The actions prohibited unless a change of use is proposed include:

  • requiring a new grant, permit, or renewal of the grant or permit relating to the right-of-way;
  • requiring any other authorization or instrument relating to the right-of-way; or
  • imposing new terms or conditions relating to the right-of-way or its use, including proposed changes affecting electric transmission system facilities or appurtenances.
]]> Electric Transmission Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Act Display Title Electric Transmission Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an Interagency Rapid Response Team for Transmission, to establish an Office of Transmission Ombudsperson, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Electric Transmission Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Act Introduced in Senate 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1217is/xml/BILLS-114s1217is.xml 2015-05-14 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. 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.