# 119-s-3305: CLEAR Act of 2025

119-s-3305, CLEAR Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3305
- As of: 2026-08-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3305
- Congress: 119
- Title: CLEAR Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-02
- Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Precluding repeated lawsuits over energy project approvals**. The CLEAR Act of 2025 would create a nationwide rule that blocks new court challenges to an energy project after a final agency or state authorization has been adjudicated, with only narrow exceptions. - Project sponsors and federal agencies would gain greater legal stability. Once a final adjudication on an authorization resolves any aspect of an energy project, later suits about the same project are barred and courts lose jurisdiction for those barred claims. - Public commenters and community groups would face tighter rules to sue. To bring a challenge they must have submitted a substantive, unique comment during the public comment period and must file within 150 days after the final agency action is made public. - Landowners and enforcement actions remain protected. Claims seeking fair market value for eminent domain takings are allowed, as are post-completion enforcement or operational violation suits by the United States or a State. - Judicial review is narrowed and time-limited. Courts may review agency procedure only for abuse of substantial discretion and may remand with deadlines capped at 180 days while remanded authorizations can stay in effect during correction.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Tighter rules on energy project lawsuits: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would block new lawsuits about an energy project after a final court decision on the merits that is not appealable. It would define "energy project" to include power plants, transmission, storage, fossil fuel facilities, and certain critical-mineral activities, and say completi…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2342: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-4615: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
- 119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-2010: TERMS Act
- 119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-3305 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3305)

## Related
- [119-s-2342: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2342)
- [119-s-4615: Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4615)
- [119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2142)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-2010: TERMS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2010)
- [119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-292)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3305 (as of 2026-08-11).