FEDERAL POWER ACT

Bills and resolutions

Electric power: clarify that compliance with an emergency order under the Federal Power Act to generate or transmit electricity may not be considered a violation of environmental laws or regulations (see H.R. 271), H169 [15JA]

FERC: establish a regional transmission planning process (see H.R. 2762), H4825 [19JY]

——— permit States to exempt projects from certain considerations in issuing licenses for such projects (see H.R. 1235), H1567 [18MR]

——— remove authority to collect land use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal ownership but that is subject to a power site reservation (see S. 564), S1853 [14MR]

Power resources: protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense and well-being of the U.S. against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse threats and vulnerabilities (see H.R. 2417), H3758 [18JN]

Remarks in House

Electric power: clarify that compliance with an emergency order under the Federal Power Act to generate or transmit electricity may not be considered a violation of environmental laws or regulations (H.R. 271), H2281 [24AP], H2898, H2899 [22MY]

Remarks in Senate

Electric power: clarify that compliance with an emergency order under the Federal Power Act to generate or transmit electricity may not be considered a violation of environmental laws or regulations (H.R. 271), S3879 [23MY], S3887 [3JN]

FERC: remove authority to collect land use fees for land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal ownership but that is subject to a power site reservation (S. 564), S1856 [14MR]

Reports filed

Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 271) (H. Rept. 113–86), H2802 [20MY]

Texts of

H.R. 271, Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act, H2898 [22MY]