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S 1196 114th Congress Senate Energy Land use and conservation Oil and gas Parks, recreation areas, trails Pipelines

Federal Land Access Act

Introduced: May 5, 2015 Introduced by: Cassidy, Bill Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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The exception for the National Park System is repealed, thereby authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant natural gas pipeline rights-of-way on National Park System land.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 May 14, 2015

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-65.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2295 Related bill National Energy Security Corridors Act
 Bill text 1 version

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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 5, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1196: Federal Land Access Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1196/
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"S. 1196: Federal Land Access Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1196/.
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