S. 5653 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Sep 30, 2026
119th Congress
2nd SessionS. 5653
2nd SessionS. 5653
A BILL
Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026
In the SenateNo vote yet
Sponsor: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) · Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Sep 30, 2026: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.”
Sections
Sections · 1
Division A — Committee on Environment and Public Works · Title I — National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 · 14
- Sec. 1101Purposes; procedure; savings provisionNo change
- Sec. 1102DefinitionsNo change
- Sec. 1103Implementing proceduresNo change
- Sec. 1104Cooperation of agencies; reports; availability of information; recommendations; international and national coordination of effortsNo change
- Sec. 1105Procedure for determination of level of reviewNo change
- Sec. 1106Timely and unified Federal reviewsNo change
- Sec. 1107Programmatic environmental documentNo change
- Sec. 1108Use of categorical exclusions by other agenciesNo change
- Sec. 1109Applications for authorizationsNo change
- Sec. 1110Judicial reviewNo change
- Sec. 1121Council on Environmental QualityNo change
- Sec. 1131DefinitionsNo change
- Sec. 1132Environmental Review and Permitting TrackerNo change
- Sec. 1133Permitting Improvement FundNo change
Division A — Committee on Environment and Public Works · Title II — Clean Water Act · 5
Division A — Committee on Environment and Public Works · Title III — Endangered Species Act of 1973 · 8
- Sec. 1301DefinitionsNo change
- Sec. 1302Timeline for Section 7 consultationsNo change
- Sec. 1303Projects in the operational right-of-wayNo change
- Sec. 1304State assumption of consultation responsibilitiesNo change
- Sec. 1305Judicial reviewNo change
- Sec. 1306Listing determinationsNo change
- Sec. 1307Authorization of appropriationsNo change
- Sec. 1308National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Coastal State FundNo change
Division A — Committee on Environment and Public Works · Title IV — Project certainty · 3
Division B — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Title I — Electric transmission · 15
- Sec. 2101Transmission permittingNo change
- Sec. 2102Reconductoring and other activities in existing rights-of-wayNo change
- Sec. 2103Transmission planningNo change
- Sec. 2104Improvements relating to local transmission planning and developmentNo change
- Sec. 2105Prohibition of right of first refusalNo change
- Sec. 2106Consolidated planning processNo change
- Sec. 2107Ratepayer protectionNo change
- Sec. 2108Dispatchable energy systems market accessNo change
- Sec. 2109Advanced transmission technologiesNo change
- Sec. 2110Expediting generator interconnection queuesNo change
- Sec. 2111Grid data accessNo change
- Sec. 2112Power marketing administrationsNo change
- Sec. 2113FERC fee assessmentsNo change
- Sec. 2114Collection of data on computational load entitiesNo change
- Sec. 2115Conforming amendments; savings provisionNo change
Division B — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Title II — Energy Permitting · 24
- Sec. 2201Accelerating claimsNo change
- Sec. 2211Permitting compliance on non-Federal landNo change
- Sec. 2212Rights-of-way across Indian landNo change
- Sec. 2213Accelerating renewable energy permittingNo change
- Sec. 2214Electric grid projectsNo change
- Sec. 2215Hardrock mining mill sitesNo change
- Sec. 2221Geothermal observation test projectsNo change
- Sec. 2222Geothermal royaltiesNo change
- Sec. 2223Geothermal leasing reformNo change
- Sec. 2224Geothermal ombudsman and permitting task forceNo change
- Sec. 2225No Federal permit required for geothermal activities on certain landNo change
- Sec. 2226Effect of pending civil actions on processing applications relating to geothermal leasingNo change
- Sec. 2227Cost recovery from geothermal leasing, permitting, and inspectionsNo change
- Sec. 2228Publication of Gold Book for geothermal operations on Federal landNo change
- Sec. 2229NEPA ReviewNo change
- Sec. 2231Identifying and removing market barriers to hydropowerNo change
- Sec. 2232Certain conditions on issuance of licensesNo change
- Sec. 2233Hydropower maintenance and temporary adjustmentsNo change
- Sec. 2234Micro hydrokinetic energy projectsNo change
- Sec. 2241Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staffingNo change
- Sec. 2242Northwest Power and Conservation CouncilNo change
- Sec. 2243Federal Energy Regulatory Commission personnel safetyNo change
- Sec. 2251Offshore energyNo change
- Sec. 2252Offshore energy transmissionNo change