3.0.0 782 2024-07-24T15:23:21Z 2024-07-24T15:23:21Z Senate S S 2023-03-14 118 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2023-03-14T20:29:16Z 2023-03-14 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2023-03-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL N Energy Energy 2023-03-31T13:45:15Z 00 2023-03-14 Introduced in Senate 2023-09-20T13:48:49Z Furthering Resource Exploration and Empowering American Energy Act or the FREE American Energy Act

This bill expedites the review of energy projects, limits executive power over certain energy projects, delegates certain energy permitting authority to states, provides statutory authority for specified environmental rules, and terminates tax credits for certain vehicles.

Specifically, the bill establishes deadlines by which applicable federal agencies must approve or deny permits or other authorizations for certain natural gas, oil, alternative energy (e.g., solar), oil or gas pipelines, liquefied natural gas terminals, or hydropower projects.

In addition, the bill limits executive power by (1) exempting certain projects related to oil pipelines, natural gas pipelines, or electric transmission facilities from permits required under any executive orders; and (2) rescinding Executive Order 13990, which is about protecting public health and the environment and addressing climate change.

Further, the Office of Management and Budget must initiate a rule making that establishes a process to delegate the authority to approve or deny certain oil or gas projects on federal land to states that contain the federal land.

The bill also provides statutory authority for rules issued in 2020 and titled (1) Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act; and (2) The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: Definition of "Waters of the United States."

Finally, the bill terminates a tax credit for certain clean vehicles placed in service after 2024 (currently 2032).

]]> FREE American Energy Act Display Title 45 FREE American Energy Act 2024-07-24T15:23:21Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 FREE American Energy Act 2024-05-24T13:41:40Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Furthering Resource Exploration and Empowering American Energy Act 2024-05-24T13:41:40Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to require applicable Federal agencies to take action on applications for Federal energy authorizations, and for other purposes. 2023-03-30T02:43:45Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s782is/xml/BILLS-118s782is.xml 2023-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.