S 4680
116th Congress
Senate
Energy
Federal district courts
Intergovernmental relations
Jurisdiction and venue
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Property rights
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions
Ending Natural Gas Companies' Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 23, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 23, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Ending Natural Gas Companies' Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act
This bill addresses jurisdiction of U.S. district courts over eminent domain proceedings and the use of eminent domain by the holder of a certificate of public convenience and necessity to acquire land or property with respect to natural gas pipelines.
Specifically, the bill
- provides that U.S. districts courts shall not have jurisdiction to condemn property in which a state owns any interest, and
- prohibits the holder of a certification of public convenience and necessity that authorizes construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline from exercising the right of eminent domain for a pipeline designed to export liquefied natural gas to a foreign country.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1