[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6279. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle D of title XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 31__. FERC APPLICATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The following issuances by the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission shall have no force or effect 
     until the date described in subsection (b):
       (1) The updated policy statement entitled ``Updated Policy 
     Statement on Certification of New Interstate Natural Gas 
     Facilities'' (Docket No. PL18-1-000 (February 18, 2022)).
       (2) The interim policy statement entitled ``Consideration 
     of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas Infrastructure 
     Project Reviews'' (Docket No. PL21-3-000 (February 18, 
     2022)).
       (3) Any update to the policy statement entitled 
     ``Certification of New Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline 
     Facilities'' (Docket No. PL99-3-000 (September 15, 1999)).
       (b) Date Described.--The date referred to in subsection (a) 
     is the later of--
       (1) the date on which the Electric Reliability Organization 
     (as defined in section 215(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 
     U.S.C. 824o(a))) certifies that disruption to pipeline 
     natural gas supplies does not pose material risk to power 
     system reliability in any season of the year in the territory 
     served by any regional reliability entity, including the 
     Western Electricity Coordinating Council, the Midwest 
     Reliability Organization, the Texas Reliability Entity, and 
     the Northeast Power Coordinating Council; and
       (2) the date on which, as determined by the Administrator 
     of the Energy Information Administration, prices for natural 
     gas and wholesale electricity do not exceed, for not fewer 
     than 3 successive calendar quarters, the average of prices 
     for natural gas and wholesale electricity that were in effect 
     for calendar years 2018, 2019, and 2020.
       (c) Requirement To Timely Process FERC Applications.--
     Unless and until the conditions described in paragraphs (1) 
     and (2) of subsection (b) are met, the Federal Energy 
     Regulatory Commission shall timely process applications under 
     section 3(e) and section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 
     717b(e), 717f) pursuant to the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission policy statement entitled ``Certification of New 
     Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities'' (Docket No. 
     PL99-3-000 (September 15, 1999)).
       (d) Right To Seek Relief.--Any party aggrieved by the 
     failure of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to 
     process an application described in subsection (c) in a 
     reasonable time period may seek equitable relief in any 
     Federal court of competent jurisdiction.
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