Keystone XL Pipeline Construction and Jobs Preservation Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 684 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 684

                 To authorize the Keystone XL Pipeline.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2021

Mr. Armstrong (for himself, Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Scalise, Ms. Cheney, Mrs. 
 Rodgers of Washington, Mr. Upton, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Johnson of South 
 Dakota, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. 
 Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Keller, 
Mr. Burgess, Mr. Steil, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. 
 Norman, Miss Gonzalez-Colon, Mr. Womack, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Jackson, Mr. 
Dunn, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Moore of Utah, 
    Mr. Babin, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Latta, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
    Hagedorn, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. 
 Balderson, Mr. Brady, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Lamborn, 
  Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Emmer, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
   Baird, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Banks, Mr. 
Palazzo, Mr. Mann, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Stewart, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Weber of 
Texas, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Hern, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Meuser, 
 Mr. Lucas, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Aderholt, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. 
    Long, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Bucshon, Mrs. 
 Fischbach, Mr. Kinzinger, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Pence, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. 
Estes, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Hill, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. 
 Cline, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
  and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on 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 authorize the Keystone XL Pipeline.

    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 ``Keystone XL Pipeline Construction 
and Jobs Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. KEYSTONE XL AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Authorization.--TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P., may 
construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline facilities at 
the international border of the United States and Canada at Phillips 
County, Montana, for the import of oil from Canada to the United States 
described in the Presidential Permit of March 29, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 
13101).
    (b) No Presidential Permit Required.--No Presidential permit (or 
similar permit) under Executive Order 13867 (3 U.S.C. 301 note; 
relating to the issuance of permits with respect to facilities and land 
transportation crossings at the international boundaries of the United 
States), Executive Order 12038 (42 U.S.C. 7151 note; relating to the 
transfer of certain functions to the Secretary of Energy), Executive 
Order 10485 (15 U.S.C. 717b note; relating to the performance of 
functions respecting electric power and natural gas facilities located 
on United States borders), or any other Executive order shall be 
required for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of 
the pipeline facilities described in subsection (a).
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