[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 12 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 158. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON FEDERAL PERMITTING EFFICIENCY.

       Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate committees 
     of Congress a report that identifies--
       (1) whether the more than 2,300-day process associated with 
     the approval of the application described in section 2(a) 
     meets the goal of Executive Order 13337 (3 U.S.C. 301 note; 
     relating to issuance of permits with respect to certain 
     energy-related facilities and land transportation crossings 
     on the international boundaries of the United States) to 
     ``expedite reviews of permits as necessary to accelerate the 
     completion of energy and transmission projects''; and
       (2) a full accounting for the hours of Federal employees, 
     and all associated costs to taxpayers, that were devoted to 
     the review of the cross-border permit application for the 
     Keystone XL Pipeline during the period beginning on September 
     19, 2008, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act.
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