,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ai1 #bjba    
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman 7for herself1    
,mr4 ,malinowski1 ,ms4 ,norton1 and ,mr4
 ,cohen7 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 #bjba or the     
,,safer ,pipelines ,act of #bjba4  #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 project1 the
 ,commission shall-- 7,a7 conduct--  7i7
 a full evidentiary hearing on any      
contested issue of need for the         
expansion2 or  7ii7 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 goals2 and   
7,b7 consider-- 7i7 the existence of    
underutilized or inefficient use of     
existing pipeline capacity2  7ii7 the   
effect of approval on existing customers
 of other pipelines2  7iii7 an analysis 
of demonstrated regional needs for the  
additional natural gas1 including       
consideration of the existence of       
precedent contracts2  7iv7 consistency  
with the ,state's clean power plan1     
,state ,implementation ,plan1 renewable 
energy goals1 and renewable portfolio   
standard2  7v7 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
 pipeline infrastructure2 and  7vi7     
,federal renewable energy goals4  7#c7  
,in the case of an interstate natural   
gas pipeline project1 for purposes of   
the due process requirements 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 statements1 the    
cumulative impacts of other interstate  
natural gas pipeline projects located   
within the same ,state1 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 and   
7,b7 before the issuance of the draft   
environmental impact statement4  7#d7   
,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