S. 4753 · 118th Congress

Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024

Introduced on Jul 23, 2024 by Joe Manchin, III (I-WV). One cosponsor. Latest action (Dec 19, 2024): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 756.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jul 23, 2024
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Energy
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to reform leasing, permitting, and judicial review for certain energy and minerals projects, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • Coal
  • Consumer affairs
  • Dams and canals
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Employment and training programs
  • Energy prices
  • Energy revenues and royalties
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Geography and mapping
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Indian lands and resources rights
  • Industrial facilities
  • Inflation and prices
  • Land transfers
  • Land use and conservation
  • Licensing and registrations
  • Mining
  • Oil and gas
  • Property rights
  • Seashores and lakeshores
  • User charges and fees
  • Wages and earnings

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Joe Manchin, IIII-WVSponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jul 23, 2024Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 23, 2024 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  3. Jul 31, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Dec 19, 2024Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-336.
  5. Dec 19, 2024 · SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-336.
  6. Dec 19, 2024 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 756.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE9 reports
    $4.4M reported (all issues)
  2. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.8 reports
    $144.2M reported (all issues)
  3. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE8 reports
    $830.5K reported (all issues)
  4. Essential Minerals Association (formerly reporting as IMA-NA)8 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION7 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  6. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION7 reports
    $15.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100%
  7. FirstEnergy Services Company7 reports
    $350K reported (all issues)
  8. Hitachi Energy USA Inc7 reports
    $990K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HITACHI ENERGY USA INC.$269.4K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. Solvay Chemicals Inc.7 reports
    $140K reported (all issues)
  10. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.6 reports
    $4.2M reported (all issues)
  11. DATA CENTER COALITION6 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  12. Earthjustice Action5 reports
    $627.7K reported (all issues)
  13. Friends Committee on National Legislation5 reports
    $5M reported (all issues)
  14. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.5 reports
    $280K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$189.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  15. AMERICAN CLEAN POWER ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $970K reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE4 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)
  17. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA4 reports
    $648.3K reported (all issues)
  18. BP AMERICA INC.4 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)
  19. Barrick Gold of North America4 reports
    $460K reported (all issues)
  20. CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.4 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.$13M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  21. Entergy Services, LLC4 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  22. NATIONAL UTILITY CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION4 reports
  23. PHILLIPS 664 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY$656M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  24. SEMPRA ENERGY4 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  25. SOUTHERN COMPANY4 reports
  26. American Exploration & Production Council3 reports
    $410K reported (all issues)
  27. Breakthrough Energy Action3 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  28. CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC.3 reports
    $170K reported (all issues)
  29. Exelon Business Services, LLC3 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  30. Google Client Services LLC3 reports
    $6.3M reported (all issues)
  31. NATIONAL OCEAN INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $430K reported (all issues)
  32. National Grid3 reports
    $145K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL GRID USA SERVICE COMPANY, INC.$19M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  33. Ormat Nevada, Inc.3 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  34. ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  35. Shell USA, Inc. (fka Shell Oil Company)3 reports
    $4.8M reported (all issues)
  36. THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.3 reports
  37. A1 Lithium / Anson Resources2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  38. AMEREN SERVICES2 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMEREN SERVICES COMPANY$2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  39. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL2 reports
    $12.4M reported (all issues)
  40. AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $520K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.