S 3607 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Introduced Sep 20, 2012 Originated Senate Sponsor John Hoeven R-ND

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 21, 2012 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 20, 2012
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Declares that no presidential permit shall be required for a specified pipeline application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border.

Considers the final environmental impact statement regarding such pipeline issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

States that nothing in this Act affects the ongoing work of the state of Nebraska with regard to the fully intrastate portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 20, 2012.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-LADavid VitterOriginalSep 20, 2012
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOriginalSep 20, 2012
R-INRichard G. LugarOriginalSep 20, 2012

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 21, 2012Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.
  2. Sep 20, 2012Introduced in Senate
  3. Sep 20, 2012Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3445Domestic Energy and Jobs ActRelated billJul 26, 2012

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

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  1. Sep 21, 2012Placed on Calendar Senate

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