US Congress House Bill 1922 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 2 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-04-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to hold at least one public hearing in each affected county and locality before issuing any authorization for action that may affect public or private land use (other than federal land). Requires FERC to hold one additional public hearing after the initial one if the government of such county or locality requests it in order to address an issue not addressed at the initial hearing.

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold at least 1 public hearing before issuance of a permit affecting public or private land use in a locality.

Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]

Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-04-21		Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
2009-04-02		Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB32 (Same As) 2009-01-07 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S170)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1922/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1922/BILLS-111hr1922ih.pdf