NORTHERN ROUTE APPROVAL ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 3), H2875, H2876, H2877, H2878, H2879, H2880, H2881, H2882, H2883, H2884, H2885 [22MY]

——— consideration (H. Res. 228), H2860 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 3): consideration (see H. Res. 228), H2837 [21MY]

——— prohibit consideration due to House Rules violation and unconstitutionality (see H. Res. 225), H2803 [20MY]

Letters

Provisions: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2862 [22MY]

——— Representative Grayson, E715 [21MY]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H2863 [22MY]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 3), H2892 [22MY]

Remarks in House

Air pollution: require offset of greenhouse gas emissions from increased use of tar sands crude transported through Keystone XL Pipeline, H2877, H2878 [22MY]

——— study impact of increased air pollution in communities surrounding refineries that will process tar sand crude transported through Keystone XL pipeline, H2878, H2879 [22MY]

Courts: allow judicial review in Federal district court for residents of areas affected by Keystone XL Pipeline, H2858 [22MY]

——— extend filing deadline for judicial review of claims by residents of areas affected by Keystone XL Pipeline, H2882, H2883 [22MY]

Dept. of State: affirm that scientific and technical studies and analyses support that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is an environmentally sound project, H2876, H2877 [22MY]

Enact (H.R. 3), H2777, H2788, H2789 [20MY], H2811, H2812, H2813 [21MY], H2843, H2845, H2849, H2850, H2852, H2862–H2895 [22MY], H2916, H2940 [23MY], H3027 [4JN], H3226 [6JN], H3367 [13JN], H7557 [5DE], E747, E753 [23MY], E770 [3JN]

——— consideration (H. Res. 228), H2852–H2862 [22MY]

——— motion to recommit, H2892, H2893 [22MY]

——— prohibit consideration due to House Rules violation and unconstitutionality (H. Res. 225), H2788 [20MY], H2828, H2829 [21MY]

GAO: conduct study on cost of cleanup activities in event of Keystone XL Pipeline spills, H2883, H2884 [22MY]

Petroleum: ensure oil transported through the Keystone XL Pipeline is used in domestic commerce, H2885 [22MY]

Pipelines: ensure the hiring of women, small businesses, and minority-owned businesses in development of Keystone XL Pipeline, H2858 [22MY]

——— reinstate requirement for a Presidential permit to construct the Keystone XL Pipeline across an international border, H2880, H2881 [22MY]

——— subject Keystone XL Pipeline to appropriate oversight through the permit process for operation and maintenance, H2881, H2882 [22MY]

——— treatment of tar sands or oil sands transported through proposed Keystone XL Pipeline as crude oil relative to contributions to Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, H2892, H2893 [22MY]

Provisions: ensure that any part or application held to be unconstitutional will render entire act void, H2858 [22MY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain relative to the Keystone XL Pipeline, H2855 [22MY]

Terrorism: require threat assessment of proposed Keystone XL Pipeline vulnerabilities to terrorist attack and corrective actions necessary to protect pipeline from such an attack, H2879, H2880 [22MY]

TransCanada Pipelines LTD.: require Keystone XL Pipeline oil spill response plan be sent to each State, H2884, H2885 [22MY]

Remarks in Senate

Enact (H.R. 3), S3879 [23MY], S3887 [3JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 228) (H. Rept. 113–88), H2837 [21MY]

Provisions: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 113–61), H2773 [17MY]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 113–61), H2773 [17MY]

——— Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 113–61), H2773 [17MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Enact (H.R. 3): prohibit consideration due to House Rules violation and unconstitutionality (H. Res. 225), H2829 [21MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 225, prohibit consideration of H.R. 3, provisions, due to House Rules violation and unconstitutionality, H2788 [20MY]

H. Res. 228, consideration of H.R. 3, provisions, H2852 [22MY]

H.R. 3, provisions, H2875 [22MY]