,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjae ,mr4
 ,pompeo 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,mullin1    
,mr4 ,schrader1 and ,mr4 ,meeks7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,natural ,gas ,act to allow the use of  
aerial survey data for certain          
applications1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,aerial ,infrastructure ,route  
,survey ,act of #bjae or the ,,air      
,survey ,act of #bjae4  #b4 ,aerial     
survey data allowed for certain         
applications ,section #g of the ,natural
 ,gas ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #gag;f7 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7i7 ,aerial  
,survey ,data  7#a7 ,data collected by  
aerial survey ,data collected by aerial 
survey shall be accepted in lieu of1 and
 given equal weight to1 ground survey   
data for the purposes of--  7,a7        

completing any prefiling process        
established to facilitate the formal    
application process for obtaining a     
certificate of public convenience and   
necessity under this section2 or  7,b7  
completing an application associated    
with a ,federal authorization 7as       
defined in section #ae7;a7 with respect 
to an application for a certificate of  
public convenience and necessity under  
this section74  7#b7 ,verification ,an  
agency accepting aerial survey data     
pursuant to paragraph 7#a77;,b7 may     
require1 as a condition of approval of  
an application associated with a        
,federal authorization described in such
 paragraph1 that such aerial survey data
 be verified through the use of ground  
survey data before the construction or  
extension of a facility that is the     
subject of such application4  4