S 1196
114th Congress
Senate
Energy
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pipelines
Federal Land Access Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 14, 2015
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-65.
May 5, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 5, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Federal Land Access Act
This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act, with respect to rights-of-way for pipelines through federal lands, to redefine federal lands, for purposes of granting an application for a natural gas pipeline right-of-way, to mean all lands owned by the United States, except only those lands held in trust for an Indian or Indian tribe and lands on the outer Continental Shelf.
The exception for the National Park System is repealed, thereby authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant natural gas pipeline rights-of-way on National Park System land.
What's happening now
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-65.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1