HR 124
109th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Administrative remedies
California
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Easements
Electric power transmission
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Licenses
National forests
Right-of-way
Wilderness areas
Cleveland National Forest Responsible Electricity Transmission Act
Introduced: January 4, 2005
Introduced by:
Issa, Darrell
Republican
· California
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 3, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Jan 4, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Jan 4, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Cleveland National Forest Responsible Electricity Transmission Act - Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture (the "Secretaries") to issue the necessary grants, easements, permits, plan amendments, and other approvals to allow for the siting and construction of a high-voltage electricity transmission line in part of the Cleveland National Forest in California and adjacent lands (except any identified wilderness area) under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service.
Instructs the Secretaries to give a preference to any application or preapplication proposal for a transmission line right-of-way submitted before December 31, 2002, over all other applications and proposals for the same or similar right-of-way submitted on or after that date.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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