Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act

Summary

Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act - Requires federal agencies, in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to: (1) any action authorizing or facilitating a proposed renewable energy project, to consider and analyze 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 tidal or kinetic forces to generate energy.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 14 October 2011

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 14 October 2011

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 14 October 2011

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 14 June 2011

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  Introduced in House · EN · 14 June 2011

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 14 June 2011

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