Landowner Fairness Act
- Last Action
- 3/9/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-09Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2021-03-09Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-09 (00)
Landowner Fairness Act
This bill limits the use of eminent domain to take private property for the construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline facility.
Specifically, this bill ends the legal presumption that natural gas exports are by definition in the public interest. In addition, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must consider certain factors in issuing certificates of public convenience and necessity for natural gas projects. Finally, the bill prohibits the holder of a certification of public convenience and necessity from exercising the right of eminent domain for a pipeline designed to export liquefied natural gas to a foreign country.
Cosponsors (2)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Air quality
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
- Judicial review and appeals
- Land transfers
- Licensing and registrations
- Oil and gas
- Pipelines
- Property rights
- Public participation and lobbying
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