,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bd1 #bjag,mrs4 
,watson ,coleman 7for herself and ,mr4  
,cartwright7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,federal ,energy
 ,regulatory ,commission to apply       
certain procedures before granting a    
certificate of public convenience and   
necessity for a proposed pipeline       
project1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,safe and ,accountable ,federal     
,energy ,review for ,pipelines ,act of  
#bjag or the ,safer ,pipelines ,act of  
#bjag4  #b4 ,approval of new natural gas
 pipelines ,section #g7;e7 of the       
,natural ,gas ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4       
#gag;f7e77 is amended--  7#a7 by        
inserting 7#a7 before ,except in the    
cases2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end   
the following3  7#b7 ,before granting a 
certificate for a proposed pipeline     

expansion project for which an impacted 
,state or political subdivision or      
intervener has raised a challenge to the
 project's public necessity based upon  
factors that the ,commission is required
 to consider including ,,ferc ,statement
 of ,policy 7#hh ,,ferc #fa1bbg7        
modified by #hi ,,ferc #fa1jdj1 further 
clarified by #ij ,,ferc #fa1abh1 the    
,commission shall--  7,a7 assign the    
application to an administrative law    
judge who shall1 as appropriate-- 7i7   
hold a full trial-type evidentiary      
hearing on any contested issue of need  
for the expansion2 or  7ii7 conduct for 
an evidentiary hearing after conducting 
limited discovery2 and  7,b7 issue a    
staff report publishing the findings    
with respect to each factor which       
includes the data and analyses relied   
upon in reaching those findings4  7#c7  
,the ,commission shall conduct a        
cumulative review of major energy       
infrastructure projects planned         
throughout the region of the expansion1 

their purported purpose and need1 and   
their prospective impacts on ,state and 
regional energy goals1 which shall be   
updated regularly1 but no less than     
every five years1 and that considers--  
7,a7 the existence of underutilized or  
inefficient use of existing pipeline    
capacity2  7,b7 the effect of approval  
on existing customers of other          
pipelines2  7,c7 an analysis of         
demonstrated regional needs for the     
additional natural gas1 including       
consideration of the existence of       
precedent contracts2  7,d7 compatibility
 with the ,state's clean power plan1    
renewable energy goals1 and renewable   
portfolio standard2  7,e7 the region's  
ability to meet any deficiency in energy
 needs through energy efficiency1 dual  
fuel sources1 ,,lng storage1 or other   
economically viable and less            
environmentally disruptive measures than
 additional pipeline infrastructure2    
7,f7 ,federal renewable energy goals2   
and  7,g7 the need for the proposed     

project in relation to this regional    
analysis4  7#d7 ,in the case of an      
interstate natural gas pipeline project1
 for purposes of the ,national          
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq471 the      
,commission shall consider1 in addition 
to current requirements for             
environmental impact statements or      
environmental assessments1 the          
cumulative impacts of other interstate  
natural gas pipeline projects located   
within the same ,state or ,states1 as   
well as projects within #ajj miles of   
the project1 that are approved1 filed   
with the ,commission or1 in the         
pre-filing process--  7,a7 for a #a-year
 period prior to the filing of the      
project application with the            
,commission2  7,b7 before the issuance  
of the draft environmental impact       
statement or environmental assessment2  
and  7,c7 the cumulative review in      
paragraph 7#c74  7#e7 ,the ,commission  
shall require all approved and          

constructed natural gas pipeline        
projects to undertake a five-year       
monitoring program to confirm that the  
environmental impacts identified in any 
environmental impact statement or       
analysis conducted with respect to the  
project have been mitigated4  4