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HR 6982 116th Congress House

Landowners’ Right to Due Process in Rehearings at FERC Act of 2020

Official title: To amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to the rehearing process, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 22, 2020 See on congress.gov
Energy Judicial review and appealsLand use and conservationOil and gasProperty rights
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 22, 2020
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 Latest action May 22, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Landowners' Right to Due Process in Rehearings at FERC Act of 2020

This bill revises the rehearing process for petitioners aggrieved by an order issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with respect to natural gas pipeline projects.

Specifically, the bill sets forth a 60-day deadline for FERC to respond to a rehearing request from a petitioner. During this time, FERC is prohibited from authorizing construction-related activity that is related to the order, and the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity that is the subject of the order may not exercise the right of eminent domain to acquire land or other property to carry out the pipeline project.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jul 20, 2020
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Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · May 27, 2020
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Casten, Sean
Illinois · May 22, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6982: Landowners’ Right to Due Process in Rehearings at FERC Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6982/
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"H.R. 6982: Landowners’ Right to Due Process in Rehearings at FERC Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6982/.
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H.R. 6982, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6982/.
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