3.0.0 3983 2022-11-01T13:50:21Z 2022-11-01T13:50:21Z House HR 2019-07-25 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 126 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FLORES:H.R. 3983.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of theUnited States.[Page H7468]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2019-07-26T17:47:28Z Referred to 2019-07-25T14:12:30Z Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act 116 7401 HR 2020-06-29 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2019-07-26 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Committee 2019-07-25 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000461 Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] Bill Flores R TX 17 N J000292 Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6] Bill Johnson R OH 6 2019-07-25 True M001180 Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] David McKinley R WV B. 1 2019-07-25 True O000168 Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] Pete Olson R TX 22 2019-07-25 True K000395 Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] Fred Keller R PA 12 2019-11-13 False Energy Computer security and identity theft Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Government information and archives Intergovernmental relations Licensing and registrations Oil and gas Pipelines State and local government operations Transportation employees Transportation safety and security Energy 00 2019-07-25 Introduced in House 2021-04-07T14:04:19Z Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act

This bill expands the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)to act as the lead agency for the purpose of coordinating all applicable federal authorizations and environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) with respect to authorizing a natural gas pipeline project under the Natural Gas Act.

Federal, state, and local agencies involved in the environmental review process must defer to FERC's approved scope for a NEPA review.

FERC must

  • invite and designate the other participating agencies involved in the authorization process;
  • track and publicly display on its website specific information related to the actions required to complete an authorization; and
  • with respect to an authorization, consult with the Transportation Security Administration regarding pipeline infrastructure security, pipeline cybersecurity, pipeline personnel security, and other pipeline security measures.

The bill establishes a 90 day deadline to complete an authorization application for other authorizing agencies and requires concurrent reviews when multiple agencies are involved in the authorization process.

If a federal or state agency considering an aspect of an application for authorization requires the person applying for such authorization to submit data, the agency must consider any such data gathered by aerial or other remote means that the person submits.

]]> Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act Display Title Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act Official Title as Introduced To provide for Federal and State agency coordination in the approval of certain authorizations under the Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr3983ih/xml/BILLS-116hr3983ih.xml 2019-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. 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.