Approve the Pipeline Now Act - Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) issue a Presidential permit approving the pipeline described in a specified application filed by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, as supplemented to include the Nebraska reroute evaluated in a certain Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality; and (2) issue a final environmental impact statement for such pipeline.
Deems such final environmental impact statement, coupled with the Final Evaluation Report, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Historic Preservation Act, and the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Prohibits the expenditure of federal funds to pay more than 75% of the salary of any senior official in the Department of State if either the Presidential permit or the final environmental impact statement remains unissued 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army to issue all permits associated with the pipeline project that were applied for before enactment of this Act.
Prohibits the expenditure of federal funds, if the relevant permit remains unissued 30 days after enactment of this Act, to pay more than 75% of the salary of: (1) any senior official in the Department of the Interior, or (2) the Secretary of the Army and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
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[H.R. 3703 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3703
To provide for the expedited approval of the construction, operation,
and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 11, 2013
Mr. Kingston introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the
Committees on Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, and Natural
Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide for the expedited approval of the construction, operation,
and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Approve the Pipeline Now Act''.
SEC. 2. KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
APPROVAL.
(a) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall--
(1) issue a Presidential permit approving the pipeline
described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State
for the Keystone XL pipeline, as supplemented to include the
Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report
issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in
January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor; and
(2) issue a final environmental impact statement for such
pipeline.
(b) Satisfaction of Requirements.--The final environmental impact
statement described in subsection (a)(2), coupled with the Final
Evaluation Report described in subsection (a)(1), shall be considered
to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), of the National Historic Preservation
Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and of section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536).
(c) Consequence of Failure To Comply.--
(1) General rule.--If either the Presidential permit
described in subsection (a)(1) or the environmental impact
statement described in subsection (a)(2) remains unissued upon
the expiration of 30 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, until such permit and environmental impact statement are
both issued no Federal funds may be expended to pay more than
75 percent of the salary of any senior official in the
Department of State.
(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``senior
official in the Department of State'' means the Secretary of
State and any Deputy Secretary or Under Secretary at the
Department of State.
SEC. 3. ASSOCIATED PERMITS.
(a) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act--
(1) the Secretary of the Interior shall issue all permits
associated with the pipeline project described in section 2(a)
that were applied for before the date of enactment of this Act,
including a grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit
under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185) and
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C.
1701 et seq.) and any permit required under the Migratory Bird
Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.); and
(2) the Secretary of the Army shall issue all permits
associated with such pipeline project that were applied for
before the date of enactment of this Act under section 404 of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344).
(b) Consequence of Failure To Comply.--
(1) General rule.--If any permit described in subsection
(a) remains unissued upon the expiration of 30 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, until all such permits are
issued no Federal funds may be expended to pay more than 75
percent of the salary of--
(A) in the case of a permit described in subsection
(a)(1), any senior official in the Department of the
Interior; and
(B) in the case of a permit described in subsection
(a)(2), the Secretary of the Army and the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``senior
official in the Department of the Interior'' means the
Secretary of the Interior and any Deputy Secretary or Under
Secretary at the Department of the Interior.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.