House committee OKs bill to speed pipeline permits; full chamber approves safety bill change

摘要

The House Energy and Commerce Committee last weeknapproved a bill to speed gas pipeline permitting, after changingnFERC’s deadline and revising other details of the measure.nMeanwhile, the full chamber also passed a bill to change anprovision in last year’s pipeline safety bill in order to protectnintellectual property.nH.R. 1900, spearheaded by Representative Mike Pompeo,nRepublican-Kansas, would set firm deadlines for agencies to issuengas pipeline permits.