[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5866 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5866

  To expedite the increased supply and availability of energy to our 
                                Nation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2008

  Mr. Graves introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To expedite the increased supply and availability of energy to our 
                                Nation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Streamlining America's Various 
Energy Needs Act''.

SEC. 2. POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States that executive branch 
agencies should take appropriate actions, to the extent consistent with 
applicable law, to expedite projects that will increase the production, 
transmission, or conservation of energy.

SEC. 3. ACTIONS TO EXPEDITE ENERGY-RELATED PROJECTS.

    For energy-related projects, Federal agencies shall, to the extent 
consistent with applicable law, expedite their review of permits and 
take other actions as necessary to accelerate the completion of such 
projects, while maintaining safety, public health, and environmental 
protections.

SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established an interagency task force 
to--
            (1) monitor and assist Federal agencies in their efforts to 
        comply with this Act; and
            (2) monitor and assist such agencies in setting up 
        appropriate mechanisms to coordinate Federal, State, tribal, 
        and local permitting in geographic areas where increased 
        permitting activity is expected.
    (b) Composition.--The task force shall be composed of 
representatives from the Departments of State, the Treasury, Defense, 
Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Commerce, 
Transportation, the Interior, Labor, Education, Health and Human 
Services, Energy, and Veterans Affairs, the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, the General Services 
Administration, the Office of Management and Budget, the Council of 
Economic Advisers, the Domestic Policy Council, and the National 
Economic Council, and such other representatives as the Chairman of the 
Council on Environmental Quality considers appropriate.
    (c) Chair; Administration.--The task force shall be chaired by the 
Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality and housed at the 
Department of Energy for administrative purposes.

SEC. 5. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    Nothing in this Act shall affect judicial review of an agency 
action. This Act is intended only to improve the internal management of 
the Federal Government and does not create any right or benefit, 
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity by a party 
against the United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its 
officers or employees, or any other person.
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