[Congressional Bills 112th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3244 Introduced in House (IH)] 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3244 To amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from requiring the removal or modification of existing structures or encroachments in licenses of the Commission. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 24, 2011 Mrs. Hartzler (for herself, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. Akin, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Long, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, and Mr. Hurt) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from requiring the removal or modification of existing structures or encroachments in licenses of the Commission. 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 ``Landowner Protection Act of 2011''. SEC. 2. SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLANS. (a) In General.--Section 4(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)) is amended-- (1) by designating the first, second, and third sentences as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(4) Removal or modification of existing nonconforming structures or encroachments.-- ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in issuing, denying, approving, or modifying a shoreline management plan required under any license issued under this part for any project, the Commission shall not require the removal or modification of any existing nonconforming structure or encroachment within the project boundary. ``(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any existing nonconforming structure or encroachment built within the project boundary in bad faith.''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2011. <all>