An apparent kerfuffle over jurisdiction is undermining the "sustainable" aviation industry's big ask for the farm bill, Jael has learned.

Why it matters: Ethanol and aviation have teamed up to try to win big in Washington. But they're hitting turbulence.

Driving the news: House Ag Chair Glenn "GT" Thompson told Jael yesterday that the Farm to Fly Act can't be in the House's farm bill.

• He also said the Energy and Commerce Committee has some jurisdiction over the legislation. E&C staff didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Catch up quick: We explained last week that airlines and ethanol industry reps wrote top farm bill negotiators requesting that the Farm to Fly Act be included in the final agriculture policy package.

• The bipartisan bill would allow federal officials to use an emissions modeling tool, known as GREET, for the IRA credit and other programs. Ethanol producers prefer the model.

What they're saying: "It's not really in our jurisdiction, the entire [bill]," Thompson said outside the House chamber. "I think we're going to be supportive of the concept, [and] I'm certainly supportive of the bill."

• Thompson added that he thinks "there'll be something in there that's supportive" of "sustainable" aviation fuel but didn't disclose what that will look like.

Zoom in: An outline of the Senate farm bill released last week included a reference to allowing "sustainable" aviation fuel projects to newly qualify for additional federal biofuel grants.

• The House equivalent had no mentions of sustainable aviation fuel.

Both the House and Senate versions of the Farm to Fly Act have been referred only to the relevant Agriculture committees (it wasn't initially referred to House E&C, per Congress.gov).

• Renewable Fuels Association CEO Geoff Cooper told Jael in a statement that SAF issues like "carbon modeling" fall "squarely within the purview and jurisdiction of the Agriculture committees."
• And Marli Collier of Airlines for America said, "[W]e remain hopeful that [Farm to Fly] makes its way into a final version of the farm bill."

What we're watching: Some industry reps have loosely floated to Jael an SAF amendment push around the farm bill, so we'll be on lookout.

• Tammy Duckworth, who sponsored the Senate version of Farm to Fly, said yesterday that she's going to "keep pushing [the] GREET model into every bill I can."
• Duckworth mentioned the NDAA as another target. "If you're not using the right model, it just undercuts American producers," she said.

The House is likely to vote on the compromise nuclear licensing package today — but there's not quite a clear path to get it over the finish line, Nick writes.

Why it matters: The bipartisan legislation — aimed at making it easier to get advanced nuclear reactors onto the grid — is one of the few big energy policy items that could become law this year.

State of play: In the House, the ADVANCE Act is riding on a fire safety bill. It's likely to pass by a wide margin this afternoon.

• The Senate sponsors are trying to get it attached to the FAA reauthorization.
• But Sen. Shelley Moore Capito told Nick today that she doesn't yet have a commitment from leadership to add ADVANCE to the manager's package of amendments.
• "It's still alive, and it's been run on a hotline. So we're going to keep pushing it," she said.

Between the lines: Capito seemed doubtful the Senate could quickly move the fire safety-ADVANCE combo bill by unanimous consent.

• Some progressives in both chambers oppose the nuclear bill because of safety and waste concerns.
• "We could probably try, but I'm not sure we could get there," she said.

Some of the Hill's top permitting negotiators are going after the Biden administration's new NEPA rules, Nick writes.

Why it matters: A new bipartisan Congressional Review Act resolution is the latest sign that the debate between the Hill and White House on permitting has gone sour.

Driving the news: Garret Graves, Bruce Westerman, Joe Manchin and Dan Sullivan are leading the bicameral CRA measure to repeal the Council on Environmental Quality's NEPA rules.

• Graves called the rules "a blatant violation of the actual bipartisan agreement that we negotiated and President Biden signed into law last year."

The other side: CEQ pitched its "phase 2" NEPA rules, finalized last week, as a way to speed up permitting for energy projects.

• The move implements the NEPA changes that Congress made in the debt ceiling deal, puts a fresh focus on environmental justice and scales back some of the Trump administration's permitting tweaks.

What's next: Manchin's expected to drop a new permitting proposal any week now, but we remain doubtful of permitting reform's prospects.

🏭 1. Tester's crusade: Sen. Jon Tester penned a letter to EPA administrator Michael Regan raising concerns that the agency's pollution rules could close the coal-fired power plant in Colstrip, Mont.

• Montana Republicans have raised similar concerns with Regan, and it could come up in Tester's re-election campaign.

⛏️ 2. Foreign mining ask: Progressives on House NatRes and the select China committee have banded together to ask the GAO for a review of mining lands owned or controlled by foreign-owned companies.

• Jael's hot take: Very few mining companies are U.S.-owned (for a variety of reasons), so this would be a really tall order for GAO.

⚡️ 3. Just down the corridor: DOE today unveiled its preliminary list of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors. Check out the map here.

• The designation can unlock billions in federal financing through the IRA and infrastructure law.