[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3703 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3703

 To provide for the expedited approval of the construction, operation, 
  and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2013

 Mr. Kingston introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
    Committees on Foreign Affairs, 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 provide for the expedited approval of the construction, operation, 
  and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Approve the Pipeline Now Act''.

SEC. 2. KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT 
              APPROVAL.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall--
            (1) issue a Presidential permit approving the pipeline 
        described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by 
        TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State 
        for the Keystone XL pipeline, as supplemented to include the 
        Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report 
        issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in 
        January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor; and
            (2) issue a final environmental impact statement for such 
        pipeline.
    (b) Satisfaction of Requirements.--The final environmental impact 
statement described in subsection (a)(2), coupled with the Final 
Evaluation Report described in subsection (a)(1), shall be considered 
to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), of the National Historic Preservation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and of section 7 of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536).
    (c) Consequence of Failure To Comply.--
            (1) General rule.--If either the Presidential permit 
        described in subsection (a)(1) or the environmental impact 
        statement described in subsection (a)(2) remains unissued upon 
        the expiration of 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
        Act, until such permit and environmental impact statement are 
        both issued no Federal funds may be expended to pay more than 
        75 percent of the salary of any senior official in the 
        Department of State.
            (2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``senior 
        official in the Department of State'' means the Secretary of 
        State and any Deputy Secretary or Under Secretary at the 
        Department of State.

SEC. 3. ASSOCIATED PERMITS.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act--
            (1) the Secretary of the Interior shall issue all permits 
        associated with the pipeline project described in section 2(a) 
        that were applied for before the date of enactment of this Act, 
        including a grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit 
        under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185) and 
        the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
        1701 et seq.) and any permit required under the Migratory Bird 
        Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.); and
            (2) the Secretary of the Army shall issue all permits 
        associated with such pipeline project that were applied for 
        before the date of enactment of this Act under section 404 of 
        the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344).
    (b) Consequence of Failure To Comply.--
            (1) General rule.--If any permit described in subsection 
        (a) remains unissued upon the expiration of 30 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, until all such permits are 
        issued no Federal funds may be expended to pay more than 75 
        percent of the salary of--
                    (A) in the case of a permit described in subsection 
                (a)(1), any senior official in the Department of the 
                Interior; and
                    (B) in the case of a permit described in subsection 
                (a)(2), the Secretary of the Army and the Assistant 
                Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
            (2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``senior 
        official in the Department of the Interior'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior and any Deputy Secretary or Under 
        Secretary at the Department of the Interior.
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