SB 969 — Prohibits the Energy Facility Siting Council from exercising jurisdiction over an energy facility that is a renewable energy facility or transmission line, is sited wholly within federal lands and is subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-30
Digest: Removes EFSC power over a project that makes clean power or is a power line, is only on U.S. lands and is reviewed under NEPA. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). Prohibits the Energy Facility Siting Council from exercising jurisdiction over an energy facility that is a renewable energy facility or transmission line, is sited wholly within federal lands and is subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act. Requires the person seeking federal approval for the facility to meet certain requirements.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
- Smith, David Brock (R, OR-1) — sponsor
- Meek, Mark (D, OR-20) — sponsor
- Broadman, Anthony (D, OR-27) — cosponsor
- Starr, Bruce (R, OR-12) — cosponsor
- McLane, Mike (R, OR-30) — cosponsor
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Inbound (5)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-30 | Broadman, Anthony | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | McLane, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Starr, Bruce | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Meek, Mark | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Smith, David Brock | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meek, Mark (D, state_upper OR-20) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Smith, David Brock (R, state_upper OR-1) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Broadman, Anthony (D, state_upper OR-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | McLane, Mike (R, state_upper OR-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Starr, Bruce (R, state_upper OR-12) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-01-30 · sponsored by Smith, David Brock (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Starr, Bruce (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by McLane, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Broadman, Anthony (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · sponsored by Meek, Mark (sponsor) · sponsorship