S4300-119

In Committee

JOAN Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 15, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Promoting interagency coordination for review of natural gas infrastructure In this section: The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory and reduces a grant, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3. Acceleration of claims. It relies on grants, appropriations, reporting requirements, and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Energy.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Promoting interagency coordination for review of natural gas infrastructure In this section: The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory...
  • Reduces a grant, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3. Acceleration of claims.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Promoting interagency coordination for review of natural gas infrastructure In this section: The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory and reduces a grant, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3. Acceleration of claims.

Key Policy Areas

Energy

Primary Purpose

The bill expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 2. Promoting interagency coordination for review of natural gas infrastructure In this section: The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory and reduces a grant, compliance mandate, definition change provision: 3. Acceleration of claims.

Policy Domains

Energy

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 15, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …

Apr 15, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 15, 2026

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?

Domains
Energy
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"project sponsor" §idb3d4ac3991e74b8fafe9089b3de46475

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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