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Calendar No. 3 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 12, 2015 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

To approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keystone XL Pipeline 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. KEYSTONE XL APPROVAL. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, 

8 L.P. may construct, connect, operate, and maintain the 

9 pipeline and cross-border facilities described in the appli10 cation filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Corporation 

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1 vision to the pipeline route within the State of Nebraska 

2 required or authorized by the State of Nebraska). 

3 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.—The 

4 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 

5 issued by the Secretary of State in January 2014, regard6 ing the pipeline referred to in subsection (a), and the envi7 ronmental analysis, consultation, and review described in 

8 that document (including appendices) shall be considered 

9 to fully satisfy— 

10 (1) all requirements of the National Environ11 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 

12 and 

13 (2) any other provision of law that requires 

14 Federal agency consultation or review (including the 

15 consultation or review required under section 7(a) of 

16 the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 

17 1536(a))) with respect to the pipeline and facilities 

18 referred to in subsection (a). 

19 (c) PERMITS.—Any Federal permit or authorization 

20 issued before the date of enactment of this Act for the 

21 pipeline and cross-border facilities referred to in sub22 section (a) shall remain in effect. 

23 (d) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Except for review in the Su24 preme Court of the United States, the United States 

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1 have original and exclusive jurisdiction over any civil ac2 tion for the review of an order or action of a Federal agen3 cy regarding the pipeline and cross-border facilities de4 scribed in subsection (a), and the related facilities in the 

5 United States, that are approved by this Act (including 

6 any order granting a permit or right-of-way, or any other 

7 agency action taken to construct or complete the project 

8 pursuant to Federal law). 

9 (e) PRIVATE PROPERTY SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing 

10 in this Act alters any Federal, State, or local process or 

11 condition in effect on the date of enactment of this Act 

12 that is necessary to secure access from an owner of private 

13 property to construct the pipeline and cross-border facili14 ties described in subsection (a). 

Passed the House of Representatives January 9, 

2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 3 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3 

AN ACT 

To approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. 

JANUARY 12, 2015 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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