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Bill114th CongressFiled Jul 14, 2015Energy
H.R. 3062

APPROVAL Act

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What it doesSummary reported to house without amendment, part i (Dec 8, 2016)

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Assuring Private Property Rights Over Vast Access to Land Act or the APPROVAL Act

(Sec.2)This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to prohibit the Department of Energy and the Southwestern and Western Area Power Administration from using the power of eminent domain to implement modernization of electricity transmission infrastructure, unless they have received explicit permission to do so by: (1) the state governor and the head of each applicable public utility commission or public service commission of the affected state, and (2) the head of the governing body of each Indian tribe whose land would be affected.

An electricity transmission infrastructure project, to the greatest extent practicable, must be sited upon either an existing federal right-of-way or upon federal land managed by either: (1) the Bureau of Land Management, (2) the Forest Service, (3) the Bureau of Reclamation, or (4) the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

What just happenedDec 8, 2016

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 669.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3](R-AR)Sponsor
3 cosponsors3 R
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  1. Dec 8, 2016CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 669.

  2. Dec 8, 2016DischargeH12300

    Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  3. Dec 8, 2016Committee5500

    Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  4. Dec 8, 2016IntroReferralH11200

    Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for a period ending not later than Dec. 8, 2016 for consideration of such provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(f) of rule X..

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  5. Dec 8, 2016CommitteeH12200

    Reported by the Committee on 114-856, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  6. Dec 8, 2016Committee5000

    Reported by the Committee on 114-856, Part I.

    Natural Resources Committee
  7. Jun 15, 2016Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 11.

    Natural Resources Committee
  8. Jun 15, 2016Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Natural Resources Committee
  9. Jun 14, 2016Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Natural Resources Committee
  10. Jun 14, 2016Committee

    Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.

    Natural Resources Committee
  11. Oct 28, 2015Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
  12. Aug 31, 2015Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

    Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee
  13. Jul 14, 2015IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

    Natural Resources Committee
  14. Jul 14, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  15. Jul 14, 2015IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Reported to House without amendment, Part IDec 8, 201628

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Assuring Private Property Rights Over Vast Access to Land Act or the APPROVAL Act

(Sec.2)This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to prohibit the Department of Energy and the Southwestern and Western Area Power Administration from using the power of eminent domain to implement modernization of electricity transmission infrastructure, unless they have received explicit permission to do so by: (1) the state governor and the head of each applicable public utility commission or public service commission of the affected state, and (2) the head of the governing body of each Indian tribe whose land would be affected.

An electricity transmission infrastructure project, to the greatest extent practicable, must be sited upon either an existing federal right-of-way or upon federal land managed by either: (1) the Bureau of Land Management, (2) the Forest Service, (3) the Bureau of Reclamation, or (4) the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Introduced in HouseJul 14, 2015

Assuring Private Property Rights Over Vast Access to Land Act or the APPROVAL Act

This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to prohibit the Secretary of Energy and the Administrators of the Western Area Power Administration and of the Southwestern Power Administration from using the power of eminent domain to implement modernization of electricity transmission infrastructure, unless they have received explicit permission to do so by: (1) the state governor and the head of each applicable public utility commission or public service commission of the affected state, and (2) the head of the governing body of each Indian tribe whose land would be affected.

An electricity transmission infrastructure project, to the greatest extent practicable, must be sited upon either an existing federal right-of-way or upon federal land managed by either: (1) the Bureau of Land Management, (2) the Forest Service, (3) the Bureau of Reclamation, or (4) the Corps of Engineers.

APPROVAL Act — Informed