JOAN Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4300 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4300 To promote interagency coordination for reviewing certain authorizations under the Natural Gas Act, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 15 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To promote interagency coordination for reviewing certain authorizations under the Natural Gas Act, 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 ``Jurisdictional Oversight and Adjudication for Natural Gas Act'' or the ``JOAN Act''. SEC. 2. PROMOTING INTERAGENCY COORDINATION FOR REVIEW OF NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (2) Federal authorization.--The term ``Federal authorization'' has the meaning given that term in section 15(a) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717n(a)). (3) NEPA review.--The term ``NEPA review'' means the process of reviewing a proposed Federal action under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). (4) Project-related nepa review.--The term ``project- related NEPA review'' means any NEPA review required to be conducted with respect to the issuance of an authorization under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) or a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 7 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 717f). (b) Commission NEPA Review Responsibilities.--In acting as the lead agency under section 15(b)(1) of the Natura