Repeal federal provisions that allow FERC to override state permitting decisions and approve eminent domain for electric transmission lines.

H.R. 9603, the Protecting Our Farmers from the Green New Deal Act repeals provisions from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) signed into law by President Biden that allow the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to override state permitting decisions and approve eminent domain for electric transmission lines.

The release says Graves' bill would repeal IIJA provisions letting FERC override state permitting and approve eminent domain for transmission lines.

Graves Works to Protect Missouri Farmers from Federal Land Grabs | Congressman Sam Graves | Representing the 6th District of Missouri
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Current 16 U.S.C. 824p still authorizes FERC permits for electric transmission facilities in national interest corridors when a state lacks authority, fails to act, conditions approval, or denies an application; subsection (e) still allows right-of-way acquisition through eminent domain after a FERC permit.

The statutory provisions targeted by the promise remained in federal law in the official U.S. Code text, so the repeal was not achieved by this record.

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16 USC 824p: Siting of interstate electric transmission facilities
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The current eCFR lists FERC Part 50 regulations for applications to site interstate electric transmission facilities, with authority cited as 16 U.S.C. 824p, and states the rules provide for review of permit requests under section 216 of the Federal Power Act.

FERC's implementing regulations for the federal siting authority were still in force shortly before the as-of date, reinforcing that the promised repeal had not occurred.

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18 CFR Part 50 -- Applications for Permits to Site Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities
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Section 40105 amended Federal Power Act section 216 to allow FERC jurisdiction where a state has not acted within one year, conditioned approval, or denied a siting application, and amended the rights-of-way language rather than repealing it.

Instead of repealing the relevant authority, Congress amended and broadened the backstop siting provisions in 2021.

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Public Law 117-58, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Section 40105
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The House passed H.R. 3684, the bill later enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 228-206. The roll call lists Graves (MO), Republican, Missouri, as voting Nay.

Graves voted against the 2021 law that amended and expanded the federal transmission siting provisions. That is evidence of opposition effort, but the bill still passed and the repeal was not delivered.

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House Roll Call 369, H.R. 3684, 117th Congress
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Section 1221 added Federal Power Act section 216, authorizing FERC permits for interstate electric transmission facilities in national interest corridors and allowing permit holders to acquire rights-of-way by eminent domain when voluntary acquisition fails.

This is the original federal provision that the promise targeted for repeal; the later current-law sources show it was not repealed.

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Public Law 109-58, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Section 1221
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The House agreed to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 conference report, 275-156. The roll call lists Graves, Republican, Missouri, as voting Yea.

Graves voted for the 2005 law that created the federal FERC transmission siting and eminent-domain provisions later targeted for repeal.

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House Roll Call 445, H.R. 6, 109th Congress
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