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S.529: APPROVAL Act
About This Bill
- Introduced March 6, 2017
- Latest Major Action March 6, 2017
- See the one similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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- Introduced in Senate - March 6, 2017
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 Department of Energy and the Southwestern and Western Area Power Administrations 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) the state governor and the head of each...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
Date | Description |
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March 6, 2017 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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March 6, 2017 |
Introduced in the Senate by John Boozman (R-Ark.) |