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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To provide for the expedited approval of the construction, 

operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Approve the Pipeline 

5 Now Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IM2 PACT STATEMENT APPROVAL. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 days after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

5 shall— 

6 (1) issue a Presidential permit approving the 

7 pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 

8 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to 

9 the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipe10 line, as supplemented to include the Nebraska re11 route evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report 

12 issued by the Nebraska Department of Environ13 mental Quality in January 2013 and approved by 

14 the Nebraska governor; and 

15 (2) issue a final environmental impact state16 ment for such pipeline. 

17 (b) SATISFACTION OF REQUIREMENTS.—The final 

18 environmental impact statement described in subsection 

19 (a)(2), coupled with the Final Evaluation Report described 

20 in subsection (a)(1), shall be considered to satisfy all re21 quirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 

22 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), of the National Historic 

23 Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and of section 

24 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 

25 1536). 

26 (c) CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE TO COMPLY.— 


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1 (1) GENERAL RULE.—If either the Presidential 

2 permit described in subsection (a)(1) or the environ3 mental impact statement described in subsection 

4 (a)(2) remains unissued upon the expiration of 30 

5 days after the date of enactment of this Act, until 

6 such permit and environmental impact statement are 

7 both issued no Federal funds may be expended to 

8 pay more than 75 percent of the salary of any senior 

9 official in the Department of State. 

10 (2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

11 ‘‘senior official in the Department of State’’ means 

12 the Secretary of State and any Deputy Secretary or 

13 Under Secretary at the Department of State. 

14 SEC. 3. ASSOCIATED PERMITS. 

15 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 days after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act— 

17 (1) the Secretary of the Interior shall issue all 

18 permits associated with the pipeline project de19 scribed in section 2(a) that were applied for before 

20 the date of enactment of this Act, including a grant 

21 of right-of-way and temporary use permit under sec22 tion 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185) 

23 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 

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1 quired under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 

2 U.S.C. 703 et seq.); and 

3 (2) the Secretary of the Army shall issue all 

4 permits associated with such pipeline project that 

5 were applied for before the date of enactment of this 

6 Act under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollu7 tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344). 

8 (b) CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE TO COMPLY.— 

9 (1) GENERAL RULE.—If any permit described 

10 in subsection (a) remains unissued upon the expira11 tion of 30 days after the date of enactment of this 

12 Act, until all such permits are issued no Federal 

13 funds may be expended to pay more than 75 percent 

14 of the salary of— 

15 (A) in the case of a permit described in 

16 subsection (a)(1), any senior official in the De17 partment of the Interior; and 

18 (B) in the case of a permit described in 

19 subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of the Army 

20 and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 

21 Civil Works. 

22 (2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

23 ‘‘senior official in the Department of the Interior’’ 

24 means the Secretary of the Interior and any Deputy 


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1 Secretary or Under Secretary at the Department of 

2 the Interior. 

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