Require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to include water quality certification in environmental reviews of interstate natural gas pipelines and to act on certification requests within 90 days.

The Jurisdictional Oversight and Adjudication for Natural Gas Act would require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which oversees interstate natural gas pipelines, to include water quality certification in its environmental review and act on certification requests within 90 days of its review.

Cotton's bill would mandate FERC include water quality certification in pipeline environmental reviews and decide certification requests within 90 days.

Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reforms Proposed by GOP Senator
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Under “Lowering Prices for Working Arkansans,” the campaign says Cotton is “fighting for even lower prices” and has “fought to lower costs by getting rid of the Democrats Green New Deal regulations and supporting American energy.”

This is campaign-context support that Cotton tied his current platform to lower energy costs and support for American energy, but it does not itself mention FERC or water quality certification.

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Issues | Tom Cotton for U.S. Senate
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Cotton said he introduced the Jurisdiction Oversight and Adjudication for Natural Gas Act, which would “incorporate Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certification into FERC’s NEPA review” and “require FERC to act on certification requests within 90 days after completing NEPA review.”

Cotton publicly introduced concrete legislation matching the claim’s substance.

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Cotton Introduces Bill to Lower Energy Costs for Arkansans
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The bill text states Cotton “introduced the following bill” and provides operative language that FERC “shall” be the lead agency for NEPA review of interstate natural gas pipeline authorizations, that state agencies may propose water-quality conditions, and that deadlines for federal authorizations “shall be not later than 90 days after the Commission completes its project-related NEPA review.”

The bill text directly implements the requested FERC/water-quality/90-day framework, but the document shows only introduction and referral, not enactment.

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Jurisdictional Oversight and Adjudication for Natural Gas Act (bill text PDF)
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