Scenario description
Assume Congress enacts, and the President signs, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 or materially similar bipartisan U.S. energy-permitting legislation by 2026-11-30. The enacted law applies in the United States and creates binding changes for federal energy or infrastructure project permitting, review, litigation, or reporting. Its scope includes multiple project or regulatory areas from the Senate package under discussion, such as NEPA review procedures, judicial-review limits or deadlines, pipelines, power lines, mining approvals, endangered-species consultation, offshore-wind provisions, or AI and crypto data-center energy-use reporting. The exact project classes, timelines, exemptions, agency roles, and compliance obligations are those specified in the enacted statute; no additional project approvals or permitting deadlines are assumed beyond the law's text.