North American Energy Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
North American Energy Act
This bill establishes a new process for approving the construction and operation of energy infrastructure across an international border of the United States and replaces the existing process established under specified executive orders.
Specifically, this bill requires a person to obtain a certificate of crossing before constructing, connecting, or operating a border-crossing facility for the import or export of oil, natural gas, or electricity across a U.S. border between Canada or Mexico. A certificate must be obtained from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a facility consisting of oil or natural gas pipelines or the Department of Energy (DOE) for an electric transmission facility.
As a condition of issuing a certificate, DOE must require that an electric transmission facility be constructed, connected, or operated consistent with specified policies and standards.
FERC and DOE must meet a deadline for issuing a certificate as set forth by this bill. The bill also requires FERC to meet a deadline for approving applications to import or export natural gas to or from Canada or Mexico.
Any entity aggrieved by a final agency action taken under the new process established by the bill may obtain judicial review of the action.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2023 to Apr 26, 2023; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Apr 26, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Mar 27, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1030 | John Hoeven R-ND | Mar 29, 2023 |
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1 | Lower Energy Costs Act | Related bill | Mar 30, 2023 |
| S 23 | Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act | Related bill | Jan 23, 2023 |
| S 947 | Lower Energy Costs Act | Related bill | Mar 22, 2023 |
| HR 1058 | Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act | Related bill | Mar 23, 2023 |
| S 1456 | SPUR Act | Related bill | May 4, 2023 |
| HR 2811 | Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 | Related bill | May 4, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- North American Energy Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2023Introduced in Senate
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.
