Bill lets President fast-track pipes and seize private land.
H.R. 9838 — National Security Interstate Pipeline Act · Filed by Ken Calvert (R-CA) · 7 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill lets the President call oil and gas pipes 'national security' projects. These pipes skip state and local approval and get fast federal approval instead. Pipe companies can seize private land with little notice. Federal reviews are treated as approved if not finished in 180 days. The President can drop rules from the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act.
Who it affects
People who own land near pipes could lose their property. States and local governments lose power to approve or reject pipes. Pipe companies gain the power to take land and build faster.
One thing to notice
The President can decide which pipes count as 'national security' with no clear rules to limit that choice. States and local governments cannot stop these pipes or set their own rules.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
7 cosponsors: 7 Republicans.
- Jul 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources and House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- national security — Protection of a country from attack, harm, or threats to its safety.
- seize — To take something by force or legal power.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (10,778 characters) on Jul 28, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-17.
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