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Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act
(Sec. 2) This bill expands the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to act as the lead agency for the purpose of coordinating all applicable federal authorizations and environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) with respect to authorizing a natural gas pipeline project under the Natural Gas Act.
Federal, state, and local agencies involved in the environmental review process must defer to FERC's approved scope for a NEPA review.
FERC must invite and designate the other participating agencies involved in the authorization process. A federal, state, or local agency may not participate if it informs FERC that it does not have the necessary authority or expertise, or does not intend to submit comments.
An agency that is not designated may not request or conduct an environmental review unless it is legally required to do so and the agency requires information that FERC could not obtain through its NEPA review.
The bill establishes a 90-day deadline to complete an authorization application for other authorizing agencies and requires concurrent reviews when multiple agencies are involved in the authorization process.
If a federal or state agency considering an aspect of an application for authorization requires the person applying for such authorization to submit data, the agency must consider any such data gathered by aerial or other remote means that the person submits.
FERC must track and publicly display on its website specific information related to the actions required to complete an authorization. The information shall include: (1) the review schedule established by FERC under the Natural Gas Act; (2) a list of all the actions required by each applicable agency to complete permitting, reviews, and other actions necessary to obtain a final decision on the application; (3) the expected completion date for each such action; (4) a point of contact at the agency responsible for each such action; and (5) in the event that an action is still pending as of the expected date of completion, a brief explanation of the reasons for the delay.
(Sec. 3) In considering an application for an authorization or a certificate of public convenience and necessity under the Natural Gas Act, FERC shall consult with the Transportation Security Administration regarding an applicant's compliance with security guidance and for best practice recommendations regarding pipeline infrastructure security, pipeline cybersecurity, pipeline personnel security, and other pipeline security measures.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 2910 as passed House amended on Jul 19, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Jul 19, 2017Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJul 19, 2017
House Jul 19, 2017 · the primary vote
Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act
Passed
248 Yea 179 Nay 6 not voting
Party-line vote 14 of 427 voting members broke with their own party: 13 Democrats, 1 Republican.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 2910 and vote against it. 4 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 2910 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
193 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.