S 2651
117th Congress
Senate
Energy
SITE Act
Introduced: August 5, 2021
Introduced by:
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 5, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Aug 5, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Streamlining Interstate Transmission of Electricity Act or the SITE Act
This bill establishes a process for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to authorize the construction, modification, and operation of interstate electric transmission facilities, including by exercising the right of eminent domain (the right of the government to take private property for public use).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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