H.R. 2170: Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act
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H.R. 2170: Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act
112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-14 · Energy · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 166.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 166. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act
Plain summary
Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act - Requires federal agencies, in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) with respect to: (1) any action authorizing or facilitating a proposed renewable energy project, to consider and analyze at the election of the applicant only the proposed action alternative and the no action alternative and to identify and analyze potential mitigation measures only for such alternatives; and (2) a proposed renewable energy project, to only consider public comments that specifically address such alternatives and that are filed within 30 days after publication of a draft environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. Defines a "renewable energy project" as a project on federal lands or in federal waters, including a project on the Outer Continental Shelf, using wind, solar power, geothermal power, biomass, or marine and hydrokinetic energy to generate energy, that is constructed encouraging the use of equipment and materials manufactured in the United States.
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Official text
Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] · 11 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Tom McClintock (R-CA)
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Public comment
- A chance for anyone to tell a government agency what they think about a proposed rule or plan before it is final. Agencies must consider the comments they receive.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2170.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr2170 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112