Sec. 2. Interagency Rapid Response Team for Transmission
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There is established an interagency rapid response team, to be known as the Interagency Rapid Response Team for Transmission (referred to in this section as the Team ), to expedite and improve the permitting process for electric transmission infrastructure on Federal land and non-Federal land. The mission of the Team shall be— to improve the timeliness and efficiency of electric transmission infrastructure permitting; and to facilitate the performance of maintenance and upgrades to electric transmission lines on Federal land and non-Federal land.
The Team shall be comprised of representatives of— the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; the Department of Energy; the Department of the Interior; the Department of Defense; the Department of Agriculture; the Council on Environmental Quality; the Department of Commerce; the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Team shall— facilitate coordination and unified environmental documentation among electric transmission infrastructure project applicants, Federal agencies, States, and Indian tribes involved in the siting and permitting process; establish clear timelines for the review and coordination of electric transmission infrastructure projects by the applicable agencies; ensure that each electric transmission infrastructure project is posted on the Federal permitting transmission tracking system known as e-Trans , including information on the status and anticipated completion date of each project; and regularly notify all participating members of the Team involved in any specific permit of— any outstanding agency action that is required with respect to the permit; and any approval or required comment that has exceeded statutory or agency timelines for completion, including an identification of any Federal agency, department, or field office that has not met the applicable timeline.
Annually, the Team shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that describes the average completion time for specific categories of regionally and nationally significant transmission projects, based on information obtained from the applicable Federal agencies. Using data provided by the Team, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prioritize inclusion of individual electric transmission infrastructure projects in the permit performance dashboard.