I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5866 
To expedite the increased supply and availability of energy to our Nation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2008 
Mr. GRAVES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To expedite the increased supply and availability of energy 
to our Nation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamlining Amer-
ica’s Various Energy Needs Act’’. 
SEC. 2. POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States that executive 
branch agencies should take appropriate actions, to the 
extent consistent with applicable law, to expedite projects 
that will increase the production, transmission, or con-
servation of energy. 
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SEC. 
3. 
ACTIONS 
TO 
EXPEDITE 
ENERGY-RELATED 
PROJECTS. 
For energy-related projects, Federal agencies shall, 
to the extent consistent with applicable law, expedite their 
review of permits and take other actions as necessary to 
accelerate the completion of such projects, while maintain-
ing safety, public health, and environmental protections. 
SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inter-
agency task force to— 
(1) monitor and assist Federal agencies in their 
efforts to comply with this Act; and 
(2) monitor and assist such agencies in setting 
up appropriate mechanisms to coordinate Federal, 
State, tribal, and local permitting in geographic 
areas where increased permitting activity is ex-
pected. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The task force shall be composed 
of representatives from the Departments of State, the 
Treasury, Defense, Agriculture, Housing and Urban De-
velopment, Justice, Commerce, Transportation, the Inte-
rior, Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, En-
ergy, and Veterans Affairs, the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, the General Serv-
ices Administration, the Office of Management and Budg-
et, the Council of Economic Advisers, the Domestic Policy 
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Council, and the National Economic Council, and such 
other representatives as the Chairman of the Council on 
Environmental Quality considers appropriate. 
(c) CHAIR; ADMINISTRATION.—The task force shall 
be chaired by the Chairman of the Council on Environ-
mental Quality and housed at the Department of Energy 
for administrative purposes. 
SEC. 5. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
Nothing in this Act shall affect judicial review of an 
agency action. This Act is intended only to improve the 
internal management of the Federal Government and does 
not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
enforceable at law or equity by a party against the United 
States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or em-
ployees, or any other person. 
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