3.0.0 1616 2023-05-11T15:45:15Z 2023-05-11T15:45:15Z House HR 2021-03-08 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 43 (Monday, March 8, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BURGESS:H.R. 1616.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of theUnited States.[Page H1121]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2021-03-09T14:14:14Z Referred to 2021-03-08T17:05:05Z 2021-03-09 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Committee 2021-03-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2021-03-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-03-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 N K000395 Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] Fred Keller R PA 12 2021-04-01 False B001305 Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13] Ted Budd R NC 13 2021-11-23 False M001180 Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] David McKinley R WV B. 1 2022-02-02 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 2021-03-08 Introduced in House 2021-10-22T18:07:06Z 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 only lead agency for the purpose of coordinating the environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) of natural gas pipeline project applications under the Natural Gas Act. Thus, 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. In addition, FERC must consult with the Transportation Security Administration regarding pipeline infrastructure security, pipeline cybersecurity, pipeline personnel security, and other pipeline security measures.

The bill establishes a deadline for agencies to complete NEPA reviews of pipeline projects and requires concurrent reviews when multiple federal or state agencies are involved.

If a federal or state agency requires the person applying for a pipeline 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 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr1616ih/xml/BILLS-117hr1616ih.xml 2021-03-09 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.