CLEAR Act of 2025

This bill limits court challenges to permits and other government approvals for energy projects, including power plants, power lines, fossil fuel facilities, and critical mineral operations. Once a court issues a final ruling on any legal challenge to an energy project, no later lawsuit about any part of that same project could be brought in federal or state court, no matter who files it or which approval it targets. Only the federal agency or the project sponsor could use this bar, and it would not block suits over violations after the project begins operating or government enforcement actions. The bill also requires courts to defer to federal agencies, keeps approvals in effect while agencies fix errors a court finds, and requires lawsuits to be filed within 150 days by parties who submitted detailed public comments on the same issue.

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Sponsors

• Troy Balderson Republican sponsor
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