Unleashing American Pipelines Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10500 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10500

To amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to the judicial review of an 
application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2026

Ms. Lee of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 
  on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to the judicial review of an 
application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Unleashing American Pipelines Act''.

SEC. 2. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

    Section 19 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717r) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Judicial Review of Certain Claims.--
            ``(1) Reviewable claims.--
                    ``(A) In general.--No court shall have jurisdiction 
                of a claim with respect to the approval of an 
                application for a certificate of public convenience and 
                necessity under section 7 except for a claim under 
                chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, filed not 
                later than 180 days after the date of such approval 
                by--
                            ``(i) the applicant; or
                            ``(ii) a person who has suffered, or likely 
                        and imminently will suffer, direct and 
                        irreparable economic harm from the approval.
                    ``(B) Claims by certain non-applicants.--An 
                association may only bring a claim on behalf of one or 
                more of its members pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) if 
                each member of the association has suffered, or likely 
                and imminently will suffer, the harm described in such 
                subparagraph.
            ``(2) Standard of review.--If an applicant or other person 
        brings a claim described in paragraph (1) with respect to the 
        approval of the application described in such paragraph, the 
        court shall hold unlawful and set aside any agency actions, 
        findings, and conclusions in accordance with section 706(2) of 
        title 5, United States Code, except that for purposes of the 
        application of subparagraph (E) of such section, the court 
        shall apply such subparagraph by substituting `clear and 
        convincing evidence' for `substantial evidence'.
            ``(3) Exclusive jurisdiction.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of this Act, the United States Court of Appeals for 
        the District of Columbia Circuit shall have original and 
        exclusive jurisdiction over any claim that an agency action 
        related to an application described in paragraph (1) is beyond 
        the scope of authority conferred by the Federal law under which 
        such agency action is made.''.
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