,,ii #aahth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #dcdh ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,may #ae1 #bjbd,mr4 ,hawley introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,energy and ,natural ,resources ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,federal ,power ,act to prohibit the ,federal ,energy ,regulatory ,commission from issuing permits for the construction or modification of electric transmission facilities in a ,state over the objection of the ,state1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,protecting ,our ,farmers from the ,green ,new ,deal ,act4 #b4 ,purpose ,the purpose of this ,act is to protect farmers and landowners from national efforts to site electric transmission facilities over the objection of ,state regulators4 #c4 ,siting of interstate electric transmission facilities 7a7 ,in general ,section #baf7;b7 of the ,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hbdp7b77 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking paragraph 7#a7 and inserting the following3 7,a7 a ,state in which the transmission facilities are to be constructed or modified does not have authority to approve the siting of the facilities2 2 7#b7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#b7 through 7#f7 as subparagraphs 7,b7 through 7,f71 respectively1 and indenting appropriately2 7#c7 in the matter preceding subparagraph 7,a7 7as so designated71 by striking ,except and inserting the following3 7#a7 ,in general ,except 2 7#d7 in paragraph 7#a7 7as so designated7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,e71 by striking and at the end2 7,b7 in subparagraph 7,f71 by striking the period at the end and inserting 2 and2 and 7,c7 by adding at the end the following3 7,g7 the proposed construction or modification minimizes any adverse effects on landowners and agriculture1 adequately compensates landowners and agricultural producers for any harms1 and provides benefits to consumers in the ,state that exceed the harms to landowners and agricultural producers4 2 and 7#e7 by adding at the end the following3 7#b7 ,prohibition ,under no circumstances may the ,commission review an application or issue a permit for the construction or modification of transmission facilities if a ,state entity with authority to approve the siting of the facilities-- 7,a7 has previously denied an identical or substantially similar application2 or 7,b7 is currently reviewing an identical or substantially similar application4 4 7b7 ,conforming amendment ,section #baf7;i77#d7 of the ,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hbdp7i77#d77 is amended by striking 1 unless in the matter preceding subparagraph 7,a7 and all that follows through the period at the end of subparagraph 7,b7 and inserting a period4 #d4 ,report 7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,commission ,the term ,commission means the ,federal ,energy ,regulatory ,commission4 7#b7 ,committees of jurisdiction ,the term committees of jurisdiction means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,energy and ,natural ,resources of the ,senate2 and 7,b7 the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of the ,house of ,representatives4 7b7 ,report required ,not later than #a year after the date of enactment of this ,act1 and annually thereafter1 the ,commission shall submit to the committees of jurisdiction and make publicly available a report describing all actions taken by the ,commission pursuant to section #baf7;b7 of the ,federal ,power ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #hbdp7b77 during the period covered by the report4 7c7 ,contents ,the report required under subsection 7b7 shall include a description of-- 7#a7 any adverse effects on private landowners1 farmers1 and agricultural producers2 7#b7 how those effects were taken into account2 and 7#c7 the steps taken by the ,commission-- 7,a7 to minimize those effects2 7,b7 to compensate any affected individuals2 and 7,c7 to ensure that affected individuals benefit from the applicable project4