JOAN Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, JOAN Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Energy.
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 H04C7D637FFB141DFB6910578BBCA2AFD: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Jurisdictional Oversight and Adjudication for Natural Gas Act or the JOAN Act.
- Section H98DD68DF874A4ACDBCDB9D0338675473: 2. Promoting interagency coordination for review of natural gas infrastructure In this section: The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory...
- Section idb3d4ac3991e74b8fafe9089b3de46475: 3. Acceleration of claims In this section: The term civil action means an initial claim challenging a core authorization for a covered project. The term...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, JOAN Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill, JOAN Act, 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
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
any person, including a State, Tribal, or local government entity, that— is an applicant for, or holder of, a core authorization or any other Federal authorization for a covered project
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