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The bill centralizes and speeds federally backed energy project approvals—boosting project certainty and federal coordination—while reducing state/local control, raising environmental and local-health risks, and expanding executive authority over energy policy.
Energy companies and project proponents: federal preemption reduces state ability to block federally backed energy projects, making approvals more certain and speeding project development and deployment.
Federal agencies and utilities: clearer statutory authority reduces legal uncertainty for transmission and energy infrastructure projects, enabling federal advancement of national energy priorities and more coordinated project siting.
Rural and nearby communities: accelerating approval of energy projects—especially fossil fuel infrastructure—could increase air, water, and land pollution and related health and environmental harms.
State and local governments and local residents: loss of regulatory control over siting and permits reduces local input and could increase disputes over land use and environmental impacts.
Taxpayers and state governments: giving an executive order the force of statute expands executive-branch power over energy policy, reducing legislative oversight and limiting congressional or state input.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Gives Executive Order 14260 the force and effect of federal law, making its directives statutory.
Introduced July 23, 2025 by Troy Balderson · Last progress July 23, 2025
Codifies Executive Order 14260 into federal law, giving the order the force and effect of statute. The bill does not add additional provisions or funding; it simply makes the executive order's directives binding as statutory law.