Removing Repeated Executive Delays to Transboundary Approvals of Pipelines and Engineering Act
Latest action · May 8, 2014 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 8, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Removing Repeated Executive Delays to Transboundary Approvals of Pipelines and Engineering Act - Designates and empowers the Secretary of State to receive all applications (except those received by the Secretary of Energy [DOE] under current law) for permits for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance, at the U.S. borders, of facilities for the exportation or importation to or from a foreign country of petroleum, petroleum products, coal, other fuels, certain products, water or sewage, as well as persons or things.
Prescribes requirements and procedures for granting a permit.
Authorizes TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities specified in an application filed by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State on May 4, 2012.
Deems the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement regarding the pipeline issued by the Secretary of State in January 2014 to fully satisfy the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and any law that requires federal agency consultation or review, including the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Restricts any legal challenges regarding a federal agency action and such facilities to judicial review on direct appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to review any Executive order issued by the President that is not based on the President's exclusive constitutional authority.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 8, 2014Introduced in Senate
- May 8, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2280 | A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. | Related bill | Nov 18, 2014 |
| S 2554 | Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act | Related bill | Oct 1, 2014 |
| HR 5682 | To approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. | Related bill | Nov 17, 2014 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Canada
- Coal
- Congressional oversight
- Constitution and constitutional amendments
- Department of State
- Energy
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Federal appellate courts
- Infrastructure development
- Judicial review and appeals
- Latin America
- Licensing and registrations
- Mexico
- Motor vehicles
- Nebraska
- Oil and gas
- Pipelines
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Railroads
- Roads and highways
- Solid waste and recycling
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 8, 2014Introduced in Senate
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