,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhhi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bh1 #bjba,mr4
 ,malinowski 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,watson
 ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4 ,kuster1   
and ,mr4 ,huffman7 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 actions for eminent
 domain by holders of certificates of   
public convenience and necessity1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,fairness
 for ,landowners ,facing ,eminent       
,domain ,act4  #b4 ,modifications to    
exercise of the right of eminent domain 
by holder of a certificate of public    
convenience and necessity  7a7          
,requirement ,section #g7;h7 of the     
,natural ,gas ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4       
#gag;f7h77 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking
 ,when any holder and inserting the     
following3  7#a7 ,subject to paragraph  
7#b71 when any holder  2 and  7#b7 by   

adding at the end the following new     
paragraphs3  7#b7 ,a holder of a        
certificate of public convenience and   
necessity may not exercise the right of 
eminent domain under paragraph 7#a7     
unless the holder-- 7,a7 obtains all    
,federal and ,state permits required by 
law for the construction and operation  
of pipeline facilities2  7,b7 complies  
with all environmental conditions       
appended to the certificate order2 and  
7,c7 is in compliance with subsection   
7i77#b74  7#c7 ,a holder of a           
certificate of public convenience and   
necessity shall be suspended from the   
exercise of the right of eminent domain 
under paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 if the      
holder requests a material amendment to 
the certificate1 until such time as the 
conditions in paragraph 7#d7 are        
satisfied2 or  7,b7 if a ,federal or    
,state permit held by the holder is     
vacated or remanded1 until such time    
as-- 7i7 all vacated or remanded permits
 are reinstated or reissued to the      

holder2 and  7ii7 the holder complies   
with all environmental conditions       
appended to the certificate order4  7#d7
 ,a holder of a certificate of public   
convenience and necessity who requests a
 material amendment to the certificate  
and has the exercise of the right of    
eminent domain suspended under paragraph
 7#c77;,a7 may not commence a new action
 or proceeding to exercise the right of 
eminent domain under paragraph 7#a7     
until such time as-- 7,a7 the           
,commission issues an amended           
certificate of public convenience and   
necessity2 and  7,b7 the holder-- 7i7   
obtains all additional ,federal and     
,state permits required by law pursuant 
to the amended certificate2 and  7ii7   
complies with all environmental         
conditions appended to the amended      
certificate order4  4  7b7 ,access for  
surveys ,section #g of the ,natural ,gas
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #gag;f7 is further 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7i7 7#a7 ,for purposes of   

subsection 7h71 the exercise of the     
right of eminent domain does not include
 accessing property for purposes of     
surveying prior to acquiring the        
property1 except in accordance with     
paragraph 7#b74  7#b7 ,if a holder of a 
certificate of public convenience and   
necessity is unable to agree with the   
owner of property on access to the      
property for purposes of surveying1 the 
holder shall enter into the dispute     
resolution process of the ,commission4  
,if dispute resolution fails1 or if the 
property owner refuses to participate in
 such process1 the ,commission may1 upon
 a showing by the holder of documented  
repeated1 good faith efforts to work    
with the property owner to agree on such
 access1 issue an order declaring that1 
upon a court order1 for purposes of the 
relevant certificate and with respect to
 the relevant property1 the exercise of 
the right of eminent domain under       
subsection 7h7 includes accessing the   
property1 in a limited1                 

non-land-disturbing manner1 for purposes
 of surveying prior to acquiring the    
property4  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the  
amendments made by this ,act shall      
apply-- 7#a7 to any action or proceeding
 for eminent domain under section       
#g7;h77#a7 of the ,natural ,gas ,act1 as
 amended by this ,act1 commencing on or 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act2 and  7#b7 to any request for a    
material amendment to a certificate of  
public convenience and necessity        
occurring on or after the date of       
enactment of this ,act4