HR 964
111th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Land use and conservation
Emergency Solar Power Permit Act
Introduced: February 10, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 10, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 10, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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