,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fihb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjbj,mr4  
,malinowski 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,kuster  
of ,new ,hampshire1 and ,mr4 ,casten of 
,illinois7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,natural ,gas ,act
 with respect to the rehearing process1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,landowners' ,right to ,due ,process in 
,rehearings at ,,ferc ,act of #bjbj4    
#b4 ,natural ,gas ,act rehearings       
,section #ai7;a7 of the ,natural ,gas   
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #gagr7a77 is amended
 to read as follows3  7a7 ,rehearings   
7#a7 ,in general ,any person1 ,state1   
municipality1 or ,state commission      
aggrieved by an order issued by the     
,commission in a proceeding under this  
,act to which such person1 ,state1      
municipality1 or ,state commission is a 
party may apply for a rehearing within  

#cj days after the issuance of such     
order4 ,the application for rehearing   
shall set forth specifically the ground 
or grounds upon which such application  
is based4 ,upon such application the    
,commission shall have power to grant or
 deny rehearing or to abrogate or modify
 its order without further hearing4 ,no 
proceeding to review any order of the   
,commission shall be brought by any     
person unless such person shall have    
made application to the ,commission for 
a rehearing thereon4 ,until the record  
in a proceeding shall have been filed in
 a court of appeals1 as provided in     
subsection 7b71 the ,commission may at  
any time1 upon reasonable notice and in 
such manner as it shall deem proper1    
modify or set aside1 in whole or in     
part1 any finding or order made or      
issued by it under the provisions of    
this ,act4  7#b7 ,deadline  7,a7 ,in    
general ,except as provided in          
subparagraph 7,b71 the ,commission shall
 act on the merits of an application    

filed under paragraph 7#a7 by the date  
that is #ij days after the date on which
 the applicable order is issued4  7,b7  
,lack of quorum ,if the ,commission     
fails to act on the merits of an        
application filed under paragraph 7#a7  
by the date that is #ij days after the  
date on which the applicable order is   
issued because the ,commission lacks a  
quorum on such date1 the ,commission    
shall act on the merits of the          
application by the date that is #cj days
 after the date on which the ,commission
 establishes a quorum4  7,c7 ,failure to
 act ,if the ,commission fails to act on
 the merits of an application filed     
under paragraph 7#a7 by the applicable  
deadline under subparagraph 7,a7 or     
7,b71 the application shall be deemed to
 be denied4  7#c7 ,certain orders  7,a7 
,prohibition ,with respect to an order  
issued under section #c or #g1 during   
the covered period-- 7i7 the ,commission
 may not authorize any                  
construction-related activity that is   

related to the order2 and  7ii7         
notwithstanding section #g7;h71 a holder
 of a certificate of public convenience 
and necessity that is the subject of the
 order may not exercise the right of    
eminent domain to acquire land or other 
property to carry out an activity       
authorized by the order4  7,b7 ,covered 
period ,for purposes of subparagraph    
7,a71 the term covered period means the 
period that begins on the date on which 
the applicable order is issued and      
ends-- 7i7 on the date that is #cj days 
after such date1 if no application for  
rehearing with respect to the order is  
filed under paragraph 7#a7 by such date2
 or  7ii7 if such an application is so  
filed1 on the date on which the         
,commission act on the merits of the    
application1 or the application is      
deemed to be denied1 as applicable4  4