Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act
Latest action · Mar 23, 2023 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 16.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act
This bill establishes a new process for approving or revoking the construction and operation of energy infrastructure across an international border of the United States. Thus, it replaces the existing process established under specified executive orders.
The bill requires a person to obtain a certificate of crossing before constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining a border-crossing facility for the import or export of oil, natural gas, or electricity across a U.S. border between Canada or Mexico. A certificate must be obtained from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a facility consisting of oil or natural gas pipelines or the Department of Energy (DOE) for an electric transmission facility. As a condition of issuing a certificate, DOE must require that an electric transmission facility be constructed, connected, operated, or maintained consistent with specified policies and standards.
FERC and DOE must meet a deadline for issuing a certificate as set forth by this bill. The bill also requires FERC to meet a deadline for approving applications to import or export natural gas to or from Canada or Mexico.
The bill also requires the President to obtain the approval of Congress before revoking a permit issued under executive orders for constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining an oil or natural gas pipeline, an electric transmission facility, or a border-crossing facility.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 21, 2023 to Mar 7, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Feb 21, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Feb 21, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Feb 21, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Feb 21, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Feb 21, 2023 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Feb 24, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Feb 24, 2023 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Feb 24, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Feb 24, 2023 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Feb 24, 2023 | |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Feb 24, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Ronny Jackson | Feb 27, 2023 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Feb 27, 2023 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Feb 28, 2023 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Mar 7, 2023 | |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Mar 7, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Mar 7, 2023 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 17, 2023Markup Mar 10, 2023Reported Mar 23, 2023 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred Feb 17, 2023Markup Feb 28, 2023Reported Feb 28, 2023 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 17, 2023Discharged Mar 23, 2023 |
| Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee | Referred Feb 21, 2023 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 17, 2023Discharged Mar 23, 2023 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2023Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-24, Part I.
- Mar 23, 2023Committee on Transportation discharged.
- Mar 23, 2023Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
- Mar 23, 2023Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 16.
- Mar 9, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 33, February 17, 2023, page H854.
Related bills 7
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1 | Lower Energy Costs Act | Related bill | Mar 30, 2023 |
| S 23 | Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act | Related bill | Jan 23, 2023 |
| S 947 | Lower Energy Costs Act | Related bill | Mar 22, 2023 |
| S 989 | North American Energy Act | Related bill | Mar 27, 2023 |
| HR 1197 | Protecting International Pipelines for Energy Security Act | Related bill | Mar 22, 2023 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Canada
- Department of Energy
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Energy
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
- Latin America
- Licensing and registrations
- Mexico
- Oil and gas
- Pipelines
- Trade restrictions
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2023Reported in House
- Feb 17, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
