[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 11 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 129. Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, and Mrs. Boxer) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1, 
to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       In section 2, strike subsection (b) and insert the 
     following:
       (b) Environmental Impact Statement.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement issued by 
     the Secretary of State in January 2014, regarding the 
     pipeline referred to in subsection (a), and the environmental 
     analysis, consultation, and review described in that document 
     (including appendices) shall be considered to fully satisfy--
       (A) all requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
     Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and
       (B) any other provision of law that requires Federal agency 
     consultation or review (including the consultation or review 
     required under section 7(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a))) with respect to the pipeline and 
     facilities referred to in subsection (a).
       (2) Savings clause.--Nothing in paragraph (1) relieves any 
     Federal agency of the obligation of the Federal agency to 
     comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
     U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including the obligation of the Federal 
     agency to prepare a supplement to the final supplemental 
     environmental impact statement described in paragraph (1) in 
     connection with the issuance of any permit or authorization 
     needed to construct, connect, operate, or maintain the 
     pipeline and cross-border facilities described in subsection 
     (a) if there are significant new circumstances or information 
     relevant to environmental concerns and bearing on the 
     environmental impacts resulting from the construction, 
     connection, operation, and maintenance of the pipeline and 
     cross-border facilities, including from greenhouse gas 
     emissions associated with the crude oil being transported by 
     the pipeline.
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