HR 3062 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act

Latest action · Sep 19, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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. IntroducedApr 29, 2025
  2. Passed HouseSep 18, 2025
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act

This bill establishes a new process for approving or revoking permits for 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 or natural gas, or the transmission of electricity, across a U.S. border with 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 related border-crossing facility.

Recorded votes 1

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

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 277On PassagePassed224–203Sep 18, 2025

Yea 224

Nay 203

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2025 to Jul 2, 2025.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLNeal P. DunnJun 23, 2025
R-PAJohn JoyceJul 2, 2025

Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Apr 29, 2025Markup Jun 25, 2025Reported Jul 2, 2025
Energy Subcommittee
Referred Jun 3, 2025Markup Jun 5, 2025Reported Jun 5, 2025
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Apr 29, 2025Discharged Jul 2, 2025
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee
Referred Apr 29, 2025
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Apr 29, 2025Discharged Jul 2, 2025
SenateEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
Referred Sep 19, 2025

Actions 23

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 19, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  2. Sep 18, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 707. (consideration: CR H4423)
  3. Sep 18, 2025Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015 and H.R. 3062. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4922, H.R. 5143, H.R. 5140, H.R. 5125, H.R. 1047, H.R. 3015, and H.R. 3062 under a closed rule, and provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.
  4. Sep 18, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3062.
  5. Sep 18, 2025The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5531Paul A. Gosar R-AZDec 10, 2025
HouseDebate and remarks H4423–H4428Text printed H4424Recorded votes H4442enactBrett Guthrie R-KY, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Jennifer L. McClellan D-VA, Julie Fedorchak R-ND, Kathy Castor D-FL, Rick W. Allen R-GASep 18, 2025
HouseDebate and remarks H4321–H4330Text printed H4321Amendments H4328Recorded votes H4329, H4330consideration (H. Res. 707), previous questionGregory W. Meeks D-NY, James P. McGovern D-MA (amendment), Lloyd Doggett D-TX, Nicholas A. Langworthy R-NY, Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NMSep 16, 2025

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

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Sep 12, 2025H.R. 3062, Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure ActAs reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 2, 2025

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 71, April 29, 2025, page H1728.

CRS reports 4

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 4

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

AmendmentDescriptionOffered byStatus
HAmdt 107Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 722, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in the bill is considered adopted.Rules CommitteeOn agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 707Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5143) to establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5140) to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1047) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3015) to reestablish the National Coal Council in the Department of Energy to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters related to coal and the coal industry, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3062) 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; and for other purposes.Procedurally relatedMar 25, 2026

Titles 6

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
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act
Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
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.

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 19, 2025Referred in Senate
  2. Sep 18, 2025Engrossed in House
  3. Jul 2, 2025Reported in House
  4. Apr 29, 2025Introduced in House

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