S 4815 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

START Act

Introduced Sep 12, 2022 Originated Senate Sponsor Shelley Moore Capito R-WV

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 12, 2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 12, 2022
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Simplify Timelines and Assure Regulatory Transparency Act or the START Act

This bill sets forth a variety of provisions to expedite the environmental review of energy projects, such as the Mountain Valley Pipeline project.

Cosponsors 46

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 12, 2022 to Sep 14, 2022; 42 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEBen SasseOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-LABill CassidyOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-TNBill HagertyOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-MSCindy Hyde-SmithOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-WYCynthia M. LummisOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-AKDan SullivanOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-NEDeb FischerOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-NDJohn HoevenOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-LAJohn KennedyOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-IAJoni ErnstOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-NDKevin CramerOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-FLMarco RubioOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-INMike BraunOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-SDMike RoundsOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-KYMitch McConnellOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-PAPatrick J. ToomeyOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-NCRichard BurrOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-ALRichard C. ShelbyOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-FLRick ScottOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-KSRoger MarshallOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-MORoy BluntOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-TXTed CruzOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-NCThom TillisOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-SCTim ScottOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-INTodd YoungOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-ARTom CottonOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-ALTommy TubervilleOriginalSep 12, 2022
R-MOJosh HawleySep 13, 2022
R-UTMitt RomneySep 13, 2022
R-OHRob PortmanSep 13, 2022
R-OKJames LankfordSep 14, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateEnvironment and Public Works Committee
Referred Sep 12, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 12, 2022Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 12, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S5117Mitch McConnell R-KYSep 28, 2022

Related bills 5

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 245New Source Review Permitting Improvement ActRelated billFeb 2, 2021
S 2394Federal Land Freedom Act of 2021Related billJul 20, 2021
HR 7654Stop NEPA Expansion ActRelated billMay 3, 2022
HR 8966START ActRelated billOct 28, 2022
HR 9535Federal Land Freedom ActRelated billDec 14, 2022

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to clarify regulatory certainty, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
START Act
Simplify Timelines and Assure Regulatory Transparency Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Environmental Protection.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 12, 2022Introduced in Senate

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