Senate Bill 655
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Ending Natural Gas Companies' Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 10, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
655
Congress
117
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
Primary focus of measure is all sources and supplies of energy, including alternative energy sources, oil and gas, coal, nuclear power; efficiency and conservation; costs, prices, and revenues; electric power transmission; public utility matters.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Ending Natural Gas Companies' Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act
This bill restricts the use of eminent domain to take private or state land for the construction of a natural gas pipeline.
Specifically, the bill prohibits the U.S. districts courts from having jurisdiction to condemn property in which a state owns any interest. Further, the bill prohibits the use of eminent domain to take private property for the construction of a pipeline that will export liquefied natural gas to a foreign country.
March 10, 2021
03/10/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
03/10/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:47:46 PM