To amend the Federal Power Act to facilitate more expeditious review and permitting of certain electric transmission facilities, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Power Act to facilitate more expeditious review and permitting of certain electric transmission facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Energy, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HCFDB5EF8407B4880AE81FEEF9318D00C: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Facilitating America’s Siting of Transmission and Electric Reliability Act of 2023 or the FASTER Act of 2023.
- Section H99BA13B1D89444C2A9D9F0AC129F7204: 2. National interest electric transmission facilities Section 216 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824p) is amended to read as follows: 216.Siting of...
- Section H159EABAB01AA404D8947A6A0B8AEA2A7: 216. Siting of interstate electric transmission facilities In this section: The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The term...
- Section H266D9FCC4CB846BC8E7148F43CFD69C5: 3. Support for regional offices of cooperating agencies There are authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission such sums as are...
- Section HDAD19CE959BF4D0D89EF7025E046131A: 4. FERC hiring and compensation authority In this section, the term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Notwithstanding any provision of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Federal Power Act to facilitate more expeditious review and permitting of certain electric transmission facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Energy, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Federal Power Act to facilitate more expeditious review and permitting of certain electric transmission facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Veasey, and Mr. Cárdenas) introduced …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the prefiling process established under subsection (h)(7)(C). The term qualifying project means a project— for the siting, construction, or modification of a national interest electric transmission facility
the prefiling process established under subsection (h)(7)(C). The term qualifying project means a project— for the siting, construction, or modification of a national interest electric transmission facility
land that is— public land
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