National Energy Security Corridors Act
Latest action · Oct 6, 2015 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 217.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 13, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Energy Security Corridors Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to allow natural gas pipeline rights-of-way through all federally owned lands, including lands in the National Park System, except lands held in trust for an Indian or Indian tribe and lands on the outer Continental Shelf.
The Department of the Interior must: (1) identify and designate suitable federal lands as National Energy Security Corridors for construction, operation, and maintenance of natural gas transmission facilities; and (2) incorporate such Corridors into the relevant agency land use and resource management plans.
Additionally, Interior shall: (1) take into account certain considerations when evaluating federal land for designation as a National Energy Security Corridor, and (2) establish specified procedures to expedite and approve applications for rights-of-way for natural gas pipelines across National Energy Security Corridors.
The governor of a state may request Corridors to be designated on federal land within that state.
For purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 neither the designation of a Corridor, nor the incorporation of a Corridor into agency plans, shall be treated as a major federal action subject to environmental impact evaluation.
All applications for rights-of-way for natural gas transmission facilities across the designated Corridors shall be subject to specified environmental protections.
(Sec. 3) Interior shall notify certain congressional committees whenever an agency or Interior official fails to comply with federal authorization schedules established under the Natural Gas Act.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 13, 2015 to Sep 24, 2015; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Original | May 13, 2015 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | May 21, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Jun 18, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Jul 7, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | Sep 24, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 13, 2015Markup Jun 11, 2015Reported Oct 6, 2015 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Jun 4, 2015Discharged Jun 11, 2015 | |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Jun 4, 2015Discharged Jun 11, 2015 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 6, 2015Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-285.
- Oct 6, 2015Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 217.
- Jun 11, 2015Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
- Jun 11, 2015Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
- Jun 11, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 11, 2015Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 15.
- Jun 10, 2015Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 4, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Jun 4, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- May 13, 2015Introduced in House
- May 13, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 24, 2015H.R. 2295, National Energy Security Corridors ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on June 11, 2015
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 73, May 13, 2015, page H2958.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-8 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2295, TO AMEND THE MINERAL LEASING ACT TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO IDENTIFY AND DESIGNATE NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY CORRIDORS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATURAL GAS PIPELINES ON FEDERAL LAND, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, "NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY CORRIDORS ACT"52 pages | Natural Resources Committee | May 20, 2015 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44090 | Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Assessment of Coal and Natural Gas in the Power Sector Archived | Report | Jun 26, 2015 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8 | North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015 | Related bill | Dec 7, 2015 |
| S 1196 | Federal Land Access Act | Related bill | May 14, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to identify and designate National Energy Security Corridors for the construction of natural gas pipelines on Federal land, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Energy Security Corridors Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- National Energy Security Corridors Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 6, 2015Reported in House
- May 13, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
