Fair and Efficient Regulatory Commonsense Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9077 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9077 To transfer the duties of the Office of Public Participation of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to a Public Participation Division within the Office of External Affairs of such Commission, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2024 Mr. Guthrie (for himself, Mr. Pence, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr. Bucshon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To transfer the duties of the Office of Public Participation of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to a Public Participation Division within the Office of External Affairs of such Commission, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fair and Efficient Regulatory Commonsense Act''. SEC. 2. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DIVISION. (a) In General.--Section 319 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 825q-1) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 319. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION DIVISION. ``(a) In General.--There shall be a division within the Office, to be known as the Public Participation Division, administered by a Director appointed by the Director of the Office. ``(b) Rate of Pay.-- ``(1) Director.--The Director shall be compensated at an equivalent rate of basic pay prescribed for a director in the Office. ``(2) Employees.--The Director may appoint, and assign the duties of, employees of such Division, and, with the concurrence of the Office, fix the compensation of such employees and procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is a