To authorize the President or a designee of the President to waive any legal requirement under any provision of Federal law otherwise applicable to a covered energy project as the President or such designee determines necessary to ensure expeditious conduct of such project, and for other purposes.

Bill: 110-hr-6887
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2008-09-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Building construction
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
General public lands matters
Judicial review and appeals
Land transfers
Oil and gas
Pipelines

Summary:
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: 
Authorizes the President or a designee to waive any legal requirement under any federal law otherwise applicable to a covered energy project, including any provision of law relating to any administrative protest of any agency action taken with respect to such a project, as the President or such designee determines necessary to ensure expeditious conduct of such project.
 
Defines &quot;covered energy project&quot; as the construction, operation, or maintenance of any building, structure, or other facility for the development, production, processing, or transmission of energy, including: (1) construction, operation, or maintenance of any oil or natural gas pipeline or refinery; and (2) the leasing of federal lands (including submerged lands) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-09-11
text: Introduced in House