Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act
This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to lands under their respective jurisdictions, to ensure that all existing and future rights-of-way for electrical transmission and distribution facilities on such lands include requirements for utility vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance activities that:
Interior and the USDA shall give facility owners and operators the option to submit to the appropriate agency a vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan.
Interior and the USDA shall apply its categorical exclusion process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to plans developed under this bill.
(A "categorical exclusion" under NEPA is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and for which neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required.)
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-19 | Committee | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-485. | Senate |
| 2017-06-22 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. | Senate |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Vote | On passage Passed by recorded vote: 300 - 118 (Roll no. 315). | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H5027-5029) | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1873. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on adoption of the Carbajal Part A Amendment No. 1 which was debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 392, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Beyer Part A Amendment No. 3. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 392, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sinema Part A Amendment No. 2. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Carbajal Part A amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Carbajal demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 392, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Carbajal Part A Amendment No. 1. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1873. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | The Speaker designated the Honorable Steve Womack to act as Chairman of the Committee. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 392 and Rule XVIII. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1873 and 1654, with 1 hour of general debate for each bill. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except a motion to recommit with or without instructions on each bill. Both measures will be considered read and have specified amendments. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-21 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 392. (consideration: CR H5022-5032) | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-20 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 392 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1873 and 1654, with 1 hour of general debate for each bill. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except a motion to recommit with or without instructions on each bill. Both measures will be considered read and have specified amendments. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-12 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 110. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-12 | Discharge | Committee on Agriculture discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2017-06-12 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-165, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2017-04-27 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 14. | House committee actions |
| 2017-04-27 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2017-04-27 | Committee | Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2017-04-27 | Committee | Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2017-04-24 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | House committee actions |
| 2017-04-11 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. | House committee actions |
| 2017-04-11 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House committee actions |
| 2017-04-04 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2017-04-04 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2017-04-04 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |