112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1938 

AN ACT 

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. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘North American-Made 

3 Energy Security Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds and declares the following: 

6 (1) The United States currently imports more 

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

8 hostile to United States interests or with political 

9 and economic instability that compromises supply se10 curity. 

11 (2) While a significant portion of imports are 

12 derived from allies such as Canada and Mexico, the 

13 United States remains vulnerable to substantial sup14 ply disruptions created by geopolitical tumult in 

15 major producing nations. 

16 (3) Strong increases in oil consumption in the 

17 developing world outpace growth in conventional oil 

18 supplies, bringing tight market conditions and high19 er oil prices in periods of global economic expansion 

20 or when supplies are threatened. 

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

22 from Canada to the United States is in the national 

23 interest of the United States in order to secure oil 

24 supplies to fill needs that are projected to otherwise 

25 be filled by increases in other foreign supplies, nota26 bly from the Middle East. 
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1 (5) Continued development of North American 

2 energy resources, including Canadian oil, increases 

3 domestic refiners’ access to stable and reliable 

4 sources of crude and improves certainty of fuel sup5 ply for the Department of Defense, the largest con6 sumer of petroleum in the United States. 

7 (6) Canada and the United States have the 

8 world’s largest two-way trading relationship. There9 fore, for every United States dollar spent on prod10 ucts from Canada, including oil, 90 cents is returned 

11 to the United States economy. When the same 

12 metrics are applied to trading relationships with 

13 some other major sources of United States crude oil 

14 imports, returns are much lower. 

15 (7) The principal choice for Canadian oil ex16 porters is between moving increasing crude oil vol17 umes to the United States or Asia, led by China. In18 creased Canadian oil exports to China will result in 

19 increased United States crude oil imports from other 

20 foreign sources, especially the Middle East. 

21 (8) Increased Canadian crude oil imports into 

22 the United States correspondingly reduce the scale 

23 of ‘‘wealth transfers’’ to other more distant foreign 

24 sources resulting from the greater cost of importing 

25 crude oil from those sources. 
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1 (9) Not only are United States companies 

2 major investors in Canadian oil sands, but many 

3 United States businesses throughout the country 

4 benefit from supplying goods and services required 

5 for ongoing Canadian oil sands operations and ex6 pansion. 

7 (10) There has been more than 2 years of con8 sideration and a coordinated review by more than a 

9 dozen Federal agencies of the technical aspects and 

10 of the environmental, social, and economic impacts 

11 of the proposed pipeline project known as the Key12 stone XL from Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Ne13 braska, and then on to the United States Gulf Coast 

14 through Cushing, Oklahoma. 

15 (11) Keystone XL represents a high capacity 

16 pipeline supply option that could meet early as well 

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

18 States refineries, and could also potentially bring 

19 over 100,000 barrels per day of United States 

20 Bakken crudes to market. 

21 (12) Completion of the Keystone XL pipeline 

22 would increase total Keystone pipeline capacity by 

23 700,000 barrels per day to 1,290,000 barrels per 

24 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 

5 taxes. 

6 (14) The earliest possible construction of the 

7 Keystone XL pipeline will make the extensive proven 

8 and potential reserves of Canadian oil available for 

9 United States use and increase United States jobs 

10 and will therefore serve the national interest. 

11 (15) Analysis using the Environmental Protec12 tion Agency models shows that the Keystone XL 

13 pipeline will result in no significant change in total 

14 United States or global greenhouse gas emissions. 

15 (16) The Keystone XL pipeline would be state16 of-the-art and have a degree of safety higher than 

17 any other typically constructed domestic oil pipeline 

18 system. 

19 (17) Because of the extensive governmental 

20 studies already made with respect to the Keystone 

21 XL project and the national interest in early delivery 

22 of Canadian oil to United States markets, a decision 

23 with respect to a Presidential Permit for the Key24 stone XL pipeline should be promptly issued without 

25 further 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 

6 and Presidential Permit decision regarding construction 

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

8 all necessary actions with respect to such decision are 

9 taken on an expedited schedule. 

10 (b) AGENCY COOPERATION WITH SECRETARY OF

11 ENERGY.—Each Federal agency described in subsection 

12 (a) shall comply with any deadline established by the Sec13 retary 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 

21 Secretary of Energy pursuant to this section shall affect 

22 any duty or responsibility to comply with any requirement 

23 to conduct environmental review. 

24 (e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con25 gress that the United States must decrease its dependence 

26 on oil from countries which are hostile to the interests of 
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1 the United States. Canada has long been a strong trading 

2 partner, and increased access to their energy resources will 

3 create jobs in the United States. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 2011. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1938 

AN ACT 

To direct the President to expedite the considerother purposes. ation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and for ation and approval of the construction and oper-