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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3500 
To expedite completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2023 
Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
MEUSER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To expedite completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, and 
for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Mountain Valley Pipe-
line Completion Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPEDITING COMPLETION OF THE MOUNTAIN VAL-
LEY PIPELINE. 
(a) DEFINITION OF MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘Mountain Valley Pipeline’’ 
means the Mountain Valley Pipeline project, as generally 
described and approved in Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission Docket Nos. CP16–10, CP19–477, and 
CP21–57. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL
FINDINGS
AND
DECLARA-
TION.—The Congress hereby finds and declares that the 
timely completion of construction and operation of the 
Mountain Valley Pipeline is required in the national inter-
est. The Mountain Valley Pipeline will serve demonstrated 
natural gas demand in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and 
Southeast regions, will increase the reliability of natural 
gas supplies and the availability of natural gas at reason-
able prices, will allow natural gas producers to access addi-
tional markets for their product, and will reduce carbon 
emissions and facilitate the energy transition. 
(c) APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF EXISTING AU-
THORIZATIONS.—Congress hereby ratifies and approves 
all authorizations, permits, verifications, extensions, bio-
logical opinions, incidental take statements, and any other 
approvals or orders issued pursuant to Federal law related 
to the Mountain Valley Pipeline. 
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(d) EXPEDITED APPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not later than 21 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act and for the purpose of facili-
tating the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline— 
(1) the Secretary of the Army shall issue all 
permits or verifications necessary— 
(A) to complete the construction of the 
Mountain Valley Pipeline across the waters of 
the United States; and 
(B) to allow for the operation and mainte-
nance of the Mountain Valley Pipeline; 
(2) the Secretary of Agriculture shall amend 
the Land and Resource Management Plan for the 
Jefferson National Forest in a manner that is sub-
stantively identical to the record of decision with re-
spect to the Mountain Valley Pipeline issued on Jan-
uary 11, 2021, as may be modified by a subse-
quently issued record of decision following the Sup-
plemental Environmental Impact Statement issued 
on April 13, 2023; and 
(3) the Secretary of the Interior shall grant and 
maintain all necessary rights-of-way and temporary 
use permits in a manner that is substantively iden-
tical to those rights-of-way and temporary use per-
mits approved with respect to the Mountain Valley 
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Pipeline issued on January 14, 2021, or as may be 
modified by any subsequently issued rights-of-way 
and temporary use permits. 
(e) JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 
(1) No action taken by the Secretary of the 
Army, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the In-
terior, or a State administrative agency acting pur-
suant to Federal law that grants an authorization, 
permit, verification, biological opinion, incidental 
take statement, or any other approval related to the 
Mountain Valley Pipeline, including the issuance of 
any authorization, permit, extension, verification, bi-
ological opinion, incidental take statement, or other 
approval described in subsection (c) or (d) of this 
section for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, whether 
issued prior to or subsequent to the date of enact-
ment of this section shall be subject to judicial re-
view, and any lawsuit (including any lawsuit pending 
in a court as of the date of enactment of this sec-
tion) seeking judicial review of such an agency order 
or action shall not be filed or maintained in any 
court and shall be promptly dismissed. 
(2) The United States Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit shall have original and 
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exclusive jurisdiction over any claim alleging the in-
validity of this section or that an action is beyond 
the scope of authority conferred by this section. 
(f) EFFECT.—This section supersedes any other pro-
vision of law (including any other section of this Act or 
other statute, any regulation, any judicial decision, or any 
agency guidance) that is inconsistent with the issuance of 
any authorization, permit, verification, biological opinion, 
incidental take statement, or other approval for the Moun-
tain Valley Pipeline. 
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