HR 3 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Keystone XL Pipeline Act

Introduced Jan 6, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Kevin Cramer R-ND

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 12, 2015 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3.

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. IntroducedJan 6, 2015
  2. Passed HouseJan 9, 2015
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Keystone XL Pipeline Act

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.

Maintains in effect any applicable federal permit or authorization issued before enactment of this Act.

Grants original and exclusive jurisdiction, except for review in the Supreme Court, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit over any civil action for the review of a federal agency action regarding the pipeline and related facilities.

Declares that this Act does not alter any federal, state, or local process or condition in effect on the date of enactment of this Act that is necessary to secure access from an owner of private property to construct the pipeline and cross-border facilities.

Recorded votes 2

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 16Passed266–153Jan 9, 2015
House 15Failed180–237Jan 9, 2015

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 9, 2015, with 18 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PABill ShusterOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-ARBruce WestermanOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-MICandice S. MillerOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-NCDavid RouzerOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-MIFred UptonOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-CAJeff DenhamOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-FLJeff MillerOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-TXJohn RatcliffeOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-PALou BarlettaOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-OKMarkwayne MullinOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-PAMichael G. FitzpatrickOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-PAMike KellyOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-AZPaul A. GosarOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJan 6, 2015
R-UTRob BishopOriginalJan 6, 2015
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Actions 15

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 12, 2015Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 3.
  2. Jan 9, 2015Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 19. (consideration: CR H168-181)
  3. Jan 9, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3.
  4. Jan 9, 2015DEBATE - The House proceeded with up to ten minutes of debate on the Garamendi motion to recommit with instructions, pending reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment which would require TransCanada, the developer of the Keystone XL pipeline, to certify to the President that the oil or other products derived from Canadian oil sands that are transported through the pipeline will be treated similarly to conventional crude oil for the purposes of determining contributions that fund the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Subsequently, the reservation of a point of order was withdrawn.
  5. Jan 9, 2015Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 19Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 30) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time employProcedurally relatedJan 8, 2015
S 147Keystone XL Pipeline Approval ActRelated billJan 12, 2015

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 12, 2015Placed on Calendar Senate
  2. Jan 9, 2015Engrossed in House
  3. Jan 6, 2015Introduced in House

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