SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to protect farmers and 
landowners from national efforts to site electric trans-
mission facilities over the objection of State regulators. 
SEC. 3. SITING OF INTERSTATE ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION 
FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 216(b) of the Federal 
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824p(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) a State in which the transmission fa-
cilities are to be constructed or modified does 
not have authority to approve the siting of the 
facilities;’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(6) as subparagraphs (B) through (F), respectively, 
and indenting appropriately; 
(3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 
(as so designated), by striking ‘‘Except’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except’’; 
(4) in paragraph (1) (as so designated)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) the proposed construction or modi-
fication minimizes any adverse effects on land-
owners and agriculture, adequately compensates 
landowners and agricultural producers for any 
harms, and provides benefits to consumers in 
the State that exceed the harms to landowners 
and agricultural producers.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—Under no circumstances 
may the Commission review an application or issue 
a permit for the construction or modification of 
transmission facilities if a State entity with author-
ity to approve the siting of the facilities— 
‘‘(A) has previously denied an identical or 
substantially similar application; or 
‘‘(B) is currently reviewing an identical or 
substantially similar application.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 216(i)(4) 
of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824p(i)(4)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘, unless’’ in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A) and all that follows through the period 
at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 
(2) COMMITTEES OF JURISDICTION.—The term 
‘‘committees of jurisdiction’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Commission shall submit to the committees of jurisdic-
tion and make publicly available a report describing all 
actions taken by the Commission pursuant to section 
216(b) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824p(b)) dur-
ing the period covered by the report. 
(c) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (b) shall include a description of— 
(1) any adverse effects on private landowners, 
farmers, and agricultural producers; 
(2) how those effects were taken into account; 
and 
(3) the steps taken by the Commission— 
(A) to minimize those effects; 
(B) to compensate any affected individuals; 
and 
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(C) to ensure that affected individuals ben-
efit from the applicable project. 
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