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S.485: APPROVAL Act
About This Bill
- Introduced Feb. 12, 2015
- Latest Major Action May 14, 2015
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Summary
Assuring Private Property Rights Over Vast Access to Land Act or the APPROVAL Act This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to prohibit the Secretary of Energy and the Administrators of the Western Area Power Administration and of the Southwestern Power Administration from using the power of eminent domain to implement modernization of electricity transmission infrastructure, unless they have received explicit permission to do so by: (1)...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
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| May 14, 2015 |
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
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| Feb. 12, 2015 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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| Feb. 12, 2015 |
Introduced in the Senate by John Boozman (R-Ark.) |