United States 114th Congress Status: Died 1 R cosponsors

HR 3062 — APPROVAL Act Assuring Private Property Rights Over Vast Access to Land Act

Last action — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 669.

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Summary

APPROVAL Act Assuring Private Property Rights Over Vast Access to Land Act This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to prohibit the Secretary of Energy and the Administrators of the Western Area Power Administration and of the Southwestern Power Administration 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 Corps of Engineers.

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Action History

  1. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 669.

  2. Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

  3. Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for a period ending not later than Dec. 8, 2016 for consideration of such provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(f) of rule X..

  4. Reported by the Committee on 114-856, Part I.

  5. Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  6. Introduced in House

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Not signed on (546)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 3062 do?
APPROVAL Act Assuring Private Property Rights Over Vast Access to Land Act This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to prohibit the Secretary of Energy and the Administrators of the Western Area Power Administration and of the Southwestern Power Administration 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 Corps of Engineers.
Who sponsors HR 3062?
HR 3062 is sponsored by Steve Womack (R).
What is the current status of HR 3062?
This bill died with 114th Congress. It reached “Introduced” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HR 3062?
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