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HR 6548 117th Congress House Energy Alternative and renewable resources Electric power generation and transmission Industrial facilities

Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act

Introduced: February 1, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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Became law
Jul 20, 2022
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.
Jul 20, 2022
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 14, 2022
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 2, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Feb 1, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 1, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act

This bill addresses renewable energy use and facility contracting requirements and also establishes the Just Energy Transition Fund to, among other purposes, support projects to replace plants that are denied under the revised Clean Air Act permitting process established by this bill.

What's happening now July 20, 2022

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 12
D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Aug 9, 2022
Bush, Cori
· Jul 12, 2022
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Jul 12, 2022
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 1, 2022
Jones, Mondaire
· Feb 1, 2022
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Torres, Ritchie
New York · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 1, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6548: Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6548/
MLA
"H.R. 6548: Justice in Power Plant Permitting Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6548/.
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H.R. 6548, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6548/.
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