National Energy Security Corridors Act
This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to allow natural gas pipeline rights-of-way through all federally owned lands, including lands in the National Park System, except lands held in trust for an Indian or Indian tribe and lands on the outer Continental Shelf.
The Department of the Interior must: (1) identify and designate suitable federal lands as National Energy Security Corridors for use by natural gas transmission facilities, and (2) incorporate such Corridors into the relevant agency land use and resource management plans.
Additionally, Interior shall: (1) take into account certain considerations when evaluating federal land for designation as a National Energy Security Corridor, and (2) establish specified procedures to expedite and approve applications for rights-of-way for natural gas pipelines across National Energy Security Corridors.
The governor of a state may request a Corridor designation on federal land within that state.
For purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 neither the designation of a Corridor, nor the incorporation of a Corridor into agency plans, shall be treated as a major federal action subject to environmental impact evaluation.
Interior shall notify certain congressional committees whenever an agency or Interior official fails to comply with federal authorization schedules established under the Natural Gas Act.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-06 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 217. | House floor actions |
| 2015-10-06 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-285. | House floor actions |
| 2015-06-11 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 15. | House committee actions |
| 2015-06-11 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2015-06-11 | Committee | Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2015-06-11 | Committee | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2015-06-10 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2015-06-04 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House committee actions |
| 2015-06-04 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House committee actions |
| 2015-05-13 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House floor actions |
| 2015-05-13 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |