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HR 964 111th Congress House

Emergency Solar Power Permit Act

Official title: To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to exempt any solar energy project on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management from an environmental impact statement requirement.

Introduced: February 10, 2009 See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Alternative and renewable resourcesEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchLand use and conservation
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Feb 10, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 10, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 10, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Solar Power Permit Act - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to exempt any action relating to the development, deployment, or operation of a solar energy project on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from environmental impact statement (EIS) requirements.

Requires each federal agency, for any such action relating to a solar energy project, to cease the preparation of an EIS to the extent that its preparation would delay or otherwise interfere with the action.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Jun 2, 2009
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Calvert, Ken
California · Feb 13, 2009
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Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Feb 10, 2009
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Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Feb 10, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 964: Emergency Solar Power Permit Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-964/
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"H.R. 964: Emergency Solar Power Permit Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-964/.
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H.R. 964, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-964/.
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