JUST IN: The House of Representatives passed a major GOP energy bill meant to counter POTUS’s energy agenda and increase domestic production.
Lawmakers voted 225-204, mostly along party lines, Thursday to approve H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. The bill won't become law as it is opposed by the Senate Democratic majority and President Joe Biden has vowed to veto it, but it will aid Republicans in messaging on the campaign trail and provide a basis for negotiations between the party on shared interests such as overhauling permitting for energy infrastructure projects.
The legislation contains provisions aimed at streamlining and accelerating the federal permitting process under the National Environmental Policy Act, the bedrock environmental law many say makes it too hard to approve and build projects. It would also require the Interior Department to “immediately” resume quarterly lease sales on federal lands at a rate of a minimum of four lease sales per year in each onshore state with eligible lands.
"We want to lift barriers to expanding our energy supplies, remove red tape over exportation and importation of LNG, and build more pipelines with our North American allies and across the states," House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers said of the legislation.
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