该法案将赋予联邦能源监管委员会州际管道项目主导审批权，并阻止各州阻挠联邦批准的项目
2026年6月25日 美国东部时间上午8:00 / 福克斯新闻网
独家首发福克斯新闻： 参议院新晋议员重拾一个在国会山回荡多年的议题，若能成功推进，将极大提振美国能源生产。
阿拉巴马州参议员、共和党人艾伦·阿姆斯特朗今年早些时候被任命接替国土安全部长马克韦恩·马林，在担任俄克拉荷马州初级参议员的短短几个月里，他的首要任务就是审批改革。
这并非国会山那些吸睛且高调的议题之一，但多年来一直是两党议员反复讨论的焦点，却始终未能最终落地。
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2026年3月24日，俄克拉荷马州共和党议员艾伦·阿姆斯特朗在美国国会旧参议院议事厅参加宣誓就职仪式。（比尔·克拉克/CQ-滚呼公司 摄）
对于此前曾担任总部位于俄克拉荷马州的天然气加工和运输企业威廉姆斯公司首席执行官，直至今年加入参议院履职至年底的阿姆斯特朗而言，唯一重要的议题就是砍掉新建能源基础设施项目的繁文缛节和法律障碍。支持者认为，从长远来看，这将大幅提升美国的经济竞争力，尤其是在与中国的竞争中。
阿姆斯特朗在一份声明中表示：“降低能源价格没有一蹴而就的灵丹妙药，但全面、切实的审批改革将确保美国继续保持全球能源领导者地位。当我们能够建设本国基础设施、生产本国能源供应时，我们的盟友对敌对势力能源来源的依赖将大幅降低。”
他继续说道：“当全球竞争对手都在前进时，美国不能坐视不管，不作为的代价将直接由美国消费者承担，他们将面临更高的公用事业账单。”
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阿姆斯特朗提出了一套综合审批改革法案，融合了参众两院的相关构想，被命名为《2026年美国能源与矿产基础设施法案》。
该法案最终将为管道开发商、液化天然气出口企业和天然气生产商等主体简化审批流程中耗费的时间和资金，帮助他们应对繁琐且低效的审批程序。
截至目前，阿姆斯特朗的法案已获得怀俄明州共和党议员辛西娅·卢米斯、佛罗里达州共和党议员里克·斯科特以及阿拉巴马州共和党议员凯蒂·布里特的支持，同时得到了近二十家油气公司的背书。该法案将赋予联邦能源监管委员会（FERC）州际管道和液化天然气终端项目的主导审批权，这一现行法律的修改将阻止单个州阻挠联邦批准的州际项目。
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该法案还要求在审批流程中针对基于环境的决策进行“循证审查”，并将扩大美国环境保护署（EPA）下的全国通用许可范围，为特定项目建立更广泛的标准化审批流程。
这套法案还为涉及湿地和水道的项目制定了标准化要求，并将简化在联邦土地上开展采矿活动的流程，尤其是关键矿产的开采。
同时，该法案将全面改革《国家环境政策法案》（NEPA），该法案要求联邦机构在批准众多项目前开展环境影响研究。改革将缩小机构的分析范围，明确NEPA本质上是一项程序性法律，限制过度宽泛的环境分析，并建立更清晰的司法审查规则。
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阿姆斯特朗表示：“美国必须重拾建设能力，否则我们留给后代的国家将比我们继承的更糟糕。我很高兴在参议院的这几个月里重新激活了这场讨论，放心吧，我不会松懈的。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责美国参议院事务的撰稿人。
Senate Republican pushes overhaul to cut red tape and speed up American energy projects
The legislation would make FERC the lead agency for interstate pipelines and prevent states from blocking projects
June 25, 2026 8:00am EDT / Fox News
FIRST ON FOX:The Senate’s newest member is reviving an issue that has echoed through the halls of Congress for years, and one that, if successful, could turbocharge energy production in the U.S.
Sen. Alan Armstrong, R-Okla., who was appointed to replace Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin earlier this year, has one priority in the few months that he has been the Sooner State’s junior Senator: permitting reform.
It’s not one of the sexy, bombastic issues on the Hill, but it’s one that has percolated among lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for years. And one that has never quite made it to the finish line.
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Sen. Alan Armstrong, R-Okla., participates in his ceremonial swearing-in in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2026.(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)
But for Armstrong, who stepped down as CEO of the Oklahoma-based natural gas processor and transporter Williams Companies before joining the Senate until the end of the year, the only issue that matters is gutting red tape and legal hurdles for new energy infrastructure projects that proponents argue, in the long run, could provide a boom in America’s economic competitiveness, particularly against China.
“There’s no magic, overnight fix to lower prices, but comprehensive, meaningful permitting reform will ensure that the U.S. remains the global leader in energy, Armstrong said in a statement. “When we can build our own infrastructure and produce our own supply, our allies will be far less reliant on adversarial sources for their energy.”
“The U.S. cannot afford to remain idle while our global competitors move ahead, and the cost of inaction will be paid directly by American consumers through higher utility bills,” he continued.
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Armstrong has produced a package of bills geared toward permitting reform that combines ideas from the House and Senate, dubbed the American Energy and Mineral Infrastructure Act of 2026.
The package would ultimately alleviate time and money spent on the permitting process for pipeline developers, liquid natural gas (LNG) export companies and natural gas producers, among others, as they navigate the dense and slow-moving permitting process.
Armstrong’s legislation, which so far has the backing of Republican Sens. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Rick Scott of Florida, and Katie Britt of Alabama, along with nearly two dozen oil and gas companies, would make the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency (FERC) the lead agency in approving interstate pipelines and LNG terminals, a change in current law that would prevent a single state from blocking a federally approved interstate project.
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Pipelines are raised above the levee system surrounding Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG export facility in Port Sulphur, La., on Feb. 26, 2024.(Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)
It would also require “evidence-based” review when it comes to environmental-based decisions in the permitting process, and would expand the usage of Nationwide Permits under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a broader standardized approval process for certain projects.
The package also creates standardized requirements for projects that affect wetlands and waterways and would make it easier for mining, particularly of critical minerals, to take place on federal lands.
And it would broadly reform the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that requires federal agencies to study environmental impacts before approving many projects to narrow what agencies analyze, clarify that NEPA is largely a procedural law, limit expansive environmental analyses and establish clearer rules for review in court.
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“America has got to be able to build again, or else we are leaving our kids a worse country than the one we inherited from previous generations,” Armstrong said. “I’m glad that my presence in the Senate these last few months has reinvigorated this conversation, and rest assured, I won’t be stepping off the gas.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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