HR 2170 · 112th Congress · Energy

Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act

Introduced 2011-06-14· Sponsored by Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 166.(2011-10-14)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act - Requires federal agencies, in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to: (1) any action authorizing or facilitating a proposed renewable energy project, to consider and analyze only the proposed action alternative and the no action alternative and to identify and analyze potential mitigation measures only for such alternatives; and (2) a proposed renewable energy project, to only consider public comments that specifically address such alternatives and that are filed within 30 days after publication of a draft environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. Defines a "renewable energy project" as a project on federal lands or in federal waters, including a project on the Outer Continental Shelf, using wind, solar power, geothermal power, biomass, or tidal or kinetic forces to generate energy.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 2170, Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act

Aug 1, 2011

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 13, 2011

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Cosponsors (11)

11 Republicans