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Ending Natural Gas Companies' Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act

Introduced: March 10, 2021 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 10, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ending Natural Gas Companies' Seizure of Land for Export Profits Act

This bill restricts the use of eminent domain to take private or state land for the construction of a natural gas pipeline.

Specifically, the bill prohibits the U.S. districts courts from having jurisdiction to condemn property in which a state owns any interest. Further, the bill prohibits the use of eminent domain to take private property for the construction of a pipeline that will export liquefied natural gas to a foreign country.

What's happening now March 10, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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