[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2384 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2384

To lower energy costs by ending judicial review for legacy projects and 
 providing jurisdiction to the United States Court of Appeals for the 
         District of Columbia Circuit, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2023

 Mrs. Miller of West Virginia (for herself, Mr. Reschenthaler, and Mr. 
   Mooney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To lower energy costs by ending judicial review for legacy projects and 
 providing jurisdiction to the United States Court of Appeals for the 
         District of Columbia Circuit, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Complete American Pipelines Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. LEGACY PROJECTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any project that, 
prior to January 1, 2018, has been granted a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f(c)), 
and where such certificate of public convenience and necessity is still 
in effect--
            (1) such project shall be constructed expeditiously in the 
        location and form specified in such certificate of public 
        convenience and necessity or any amendment or authorization 
        issued pursuant thereto, and consistent with other applicable 
        permits;
            (2) such certificate of public convenience and necessity 
        and any amendment, extension of time, or other authorization 
        issued pursuant to or related thereto, and any order or action 
        of a Federal agency or State administrative agency acting 
        pursuant to Federal law for such project that is required to 
        complete construction of such project, issued prior to or 
        subsequent to the enactment of this section, shall not be 
        subject to judicial review in any court, and any action 
        (including any action pending in a court as of the date of 
        enactment of this section) seeking judicial review of such an 
        agency order or action shall not be filed or maintained in any 
        court and shall be promptly dismissed; and
            (3) the United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
        Columbia Circuit shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction 
        over any claim alleging the invalidity of this section or that 
        an action is beyond the scope of authority conferred by this 
        section.
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