S 655
117th 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
Mar 10, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 10, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1