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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1938 

[Report No. 112–140, Part I] 

To direct the President to expedite the consideration and approval of the 

construction and operation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2011 

Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WHITFIELD, 

Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, 

Mr. WALDEN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. SCALISE, Mrs. 

MYRICK, Mr. PITTS, and Mr. MURPHY 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 

JULY 8, 2011 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JULY 22, 2011 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. FLORES, Mr. KING

of Iowa, Mr. LATTA, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. BROUN of 

Georgia, Mr. BOREN, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. REHBERG, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. LONG, Mr. 

DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. LANDRY, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. MACK, Mr. 

PAUL, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. OLSON and Mr. POE of Texas 

JULY 22, 2011 

Ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 23, 2011] 

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A BILL 

To direct the President to expedite the consideration and 

approval of the construction and operation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and for other purposes. 

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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 ‘‘North American-Made 

5 Energy Security Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds and declares the following: 

8 (1) The United States currently imports more 

9 than half of the oil it consumes, often from countries 

10 hostile to United States interests or with political and 

11 economic instability that compromises supply secu12 rity. 

13 (2) While a significant portion of imports are 

14 derived from allies such as Canada and Mexico, the 

15 United States remains vulnerable to substantial sup16 ply disruptions created by geopolitical tumult in 

17 major producing nations. 

18 (3) Strong increases in oil consumption in the 

19 developing world outpace growth in conventional oil 

20 supplies, bringing tight market conditions and higher 

21 oil prices in periods of global economic expansion or 

22 when supplies are threatened. 

23 (4) The development and delivery of oil and gas 

24 from Canada to the United States is in the national 

25 interest of the United States in order to secure oil 

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1 supplies to fill needs that are projected to otherwise 

2 be filled by increases in other foreign supplies, nota3 bly from the Middle East. 

4 (5) Continued development of North American 

5 energy resources, including Canadian oil, increases 

6 domestic refiners’ access to stable and reliable sources 

7 of crude and improves certainty of fuel supply for the 

8 Department of Defense, the largest consumer of petro9 leum in the United States. 

10 (6) Canada and the United States have the 

11 world’s largest two-way trading relationship. There12 fore, for every United States dollar spent on products 

13 from Canada, including oil, 90 cents is returned to 

14 the United States economy. When the same metrics 

15 are applied to trading relationships with some other 

16 major sources of United States crude oil imports, re17 turns are much lower. 

18 (7) The principal choice for Canadian oil export19 ers is between moving increasing crude oil volumes to 

20 the United States or Asia, led by China. Increased 

21 Canadian oil exports to China will result in in22 creased United States crude oil imports from other 

23 foreign sources, especially the Middle East. 

24 (8) Increased Canadian crude oil imports into 

25 the United States correspondingly reduce the scale of 

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1 ‘‘wealth transfers’’ to other more distant foreign 

2 sources resulting from the greater cost of importing 

3 crude oil from those sources. 

4 (9) Not only are United States companies major 

5 investors in Canadian oil sands, but many United 

6 States businesses throughout the country benefit from 

7 supplying goods and services required for ongoing Ca8 nadian oil sands operations and expansion. 

9 (10) There has been more than 2 years of consid10 eration and a coordinated review by more than a 

11 dozen Federal agencies of the technical aspects and of 

12 the environmental, social, and economic impacts of 

13 the proposed pipeline project known as the Keystone 

14 XL from Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Nebraska, 

15 and then on to the United States Gulf Coast through 

16 Cushing, Oklahoma. 

17 (11) Keystone XL represents a high capacity 

18 pipeline supply option that could meet early as well 

19 as long-term market demand for crude oil to United 

20 States refineries, and could also potentially bring over 

21 100,000 barrels per day of United States Bakken 

22 crudes to market. 

23 (12) Completion of the Keystone XL pipeline 

24 would increase total Keystone pipeline capacity by 

25 700,000 barrels per day to 1,290,000 barrels per day. 

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1 (13) The Keystone XL pipeline would provide 

2 short-term and long-term employment opportunities 

3 and related labor income benefits, as well as govern4 ment revenues associated with sales and payroll taxes. 

5 (14) The earliest possible construction of the 

6 Keystone XL pipeline will make the extensive proven 

7 and potential reserves of Canadian oil available for 

8 United States use and increase United States jobs 

9 and will therefore serve the national interest. 

10 (15) Analysis using the Environmental Protec11 tion Agency models shows that the Keystone XL pipe12 line will result in no significant change in total 

13 United States or global greenhouse gas emissions. 

14 (16) The Keystone XL pipeline would be state15 of-the-art and have a degree of safety higher than any 

16 other typically constructed domestic oil pipeline sys17 tem. 

18 (17) Because of the extensive governmental stud19 ies already made with respect to the Keystone XL 

20 project and the national interest in early delivery of 

21 Canadian oil to United States markets, a decision 

22 with respect to a Presidential Permit for the Keystone 

23 XL pipeline should be promptly issued without fur24 ther administrative delay or impediment. 

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1 SEC. 3. EXPEDITED APPROVAL PROCESS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through the 

3 Secretary of Energy, shall coordinate with each Federal 

4 agency responsible for coordinating or considering an as5 pect of the President’s National Interest Determination and 

6 Presidential Permit decision regarding construction and 

7 operation of the Keystone XL pipeline, to ensure that all 

8 necessary actions with respect to such decision are taken 

9 on an expedited schedule. 

10 (b) AGENCY COOPERATION WITH SECRETARY OF EN11 ERGY.—Each Federal agency described in subsection (a) 

12 shall comply with any deadline established by the Secretary 

13 of Energy pursuant to subsection (a). 

14 (c) FINAL ORDER.—Not later than 30 days after the 

15 issuance of the final environmental impact statement, the 

16 President shall issue a final order granting or denying the 

17 Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, but in 

18 no event shall such decision be made later than November 

19 1, 2011. 

20 (d) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—No action by the Sec21 retary of Energy pursuant to this section shall affect any 

22 duty or responsibility to comply with any requirement to 

23 conduct environmental review. 

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