[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 87. Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski 
(for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, 
Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. 
Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone 
XL Pipeline; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. SENSE OF CONGRESS ACKNOWLEDGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL 
                   IMPACT FINDINGS OF THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE 
                   PROJECT.

       It is the sense of Congress that Congress is in agreement 
     with the following findings of the Final Supplemental 
     Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Secretary of 
     State for the Keystone XL Project (referred to in this 
     section as the ``FSEIS''):
       (1) ``The analyses of potential impacts associated with 
     construction and normal operation of the proposed Project 
     suggest that significant impacts to most resources are not 
     expected along the proposed Project route'' (FSEIS page 4.16-
     1, section 4.16).
       (2) ``The total annual GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions 
     (direct and indirect) attributed to the No Action scenarios 
     range from 28 to 42 percent greater than for the proposed 
     Project'' (FSEIS page ES-34, section ES.5.4.2).
       (3) ``. . . approval or denial of any one crude oil 
     transport project, including the proposed Project, is 
     unlikely to significantly impact the rate of extraction in 
     the oil sands or the continued demand for heavy crude oil at 
     refineries in the United States based on expected oil prices, 
     oil-sands supply costs, transport costs, and supply-demand 
     scenarios'' (FSEIS page ES-16, section ES.4.1.1).

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON ENERGY COSTS AND SUPPLIES.

       It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should--
       (1) reject efforts to impose economy-wide taxes, fees, 
     mandates, or regulations that will--
       (A) increase the cost of energy for families and businesses 
     of the United States; or
       (B) destroy jobs; and
       (2) prioritize policies that encourage and enable 
     innovation in the United States that might lead to energy 
     supplies that are more abundant, affordable, clean, diverse, 
     and secure.
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