[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6164 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6164

To approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern 
  portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the 
                     South Dakota/Nebraska border.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2012

  Mr. Terry (for himself, Mr. Upton, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Scalise, Mr. 
Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Barton of Texas, 
 Mr. Olson, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Boustany, 
Mr. Stivers, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Berg, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Harper, Mr. Burgess, 
Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. Long, 
 Mr. Canseco, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Huizenga of 
 Michigan, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Poe 
  of Texas, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. 
 Matheson, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Walden, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Griffin 
 of Arkansas, Mr. Harris, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Coble, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
     Flores, Mr. Graves of Missouri, and Mr. Griffith of Virginia) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on 
     Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern 
  portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the 
                     South Dakota/Nebraska border.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. KEYSTONE XL PERMIT APPROVAL.

    Notwithstanding Executive Order No. 13337 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), 
Executive Order No. 11423 (3 U.S.C. 301 note), section 301 of title 3, 
United States Code, and any other Executive order or provision of law, 
no presidential permit shall be required for the pipeline described in 
the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Corporation to the 
Department of State for the northern portion of the Keystone XL 
pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border. 
The final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of 
State on August 26, 2011, shall be considered to satisfy all 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Nothing in this Act shall affect the ongoing work 
of the State of Nebraska with regard to the fully intrastate portion of 
the Keystone XL pipeline.
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