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House Bill 1373
115th Congress(2017-2018)
APPROVAL Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Mar 6, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
Mar 6, 2017
Latest Action
Mar 10, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1373
Congress
115
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.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Steve Womack
Arkansas
Republican
Bruce Westerman
Arkansas
Republican
French Hill
Arkansas
Republican
Rick Crawford
Arkansas
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
March 6, 2017
Related Bills (1)
Mar 06, 2017
Introduced in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 529
APPROVAL Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (3)
03/10/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
03/06/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
03/06/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:35:44 PM
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