Legis Daily

A bill to prohibit the use of eminent domain in carrying out certain projects.

USA115th CongressS-529| Senate 
| Updated: 3/6/2017
John Boozman

John Boozman

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (1)
Tom Cotton (Republican)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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 Department of Energy and the Southwestern and Western Area Power Administrations 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.
View Full Text

Suggested Questions

Get AI-generated questions to help you understand this bill better

Timeline
Mar 6, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 6, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 10, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-1373
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
  • March 6, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 6, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • March 10, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-1373
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

Energy

Related Bills

  • HR 115-1373: To prohibit the use of eminent domain in carrying out certain projects.
Electric power generation and transmissionFederal-Indian relationsIntergovernmental relationsLand transfersLand use and conservationState and local government operations

A bill to prohibit the use of eminent domain in carrying out certain projects.

USA115th CongressS-529| Senate 
| Updated: 3/6/2017
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 Department of Energy and the Southwestern and Western Area Power Administrations 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.
View Full Text

Suggested Questions

Get AI-generated questions to help you understand this bill better

Timeline
Mar 6, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 6, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 10, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-1373
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
  • March 6, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 6, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.


  • March 10, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-1373
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
John Boozman

John Boozman

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (1)
Tom Cotton (Republican)

Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Energy

Related Bills

  • HR 115-1373: To prohibit the use of eminent domain in carrying out certain projects.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Electric power generation and transmissionFederal-Indian relationsIntergovernmental relationsLand transfersLand use and conservationState and local government operations