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Union Calendar No. 160 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2883 
[Report No. 115–225, Part I] 
To establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize 
the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international 
border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural 
gas and the transmission of electricity. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2017 
Mr. MULLIN (for himself and Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infra-
structure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
JULY 17, 2017 
Additional sponsor: Mr. SESSIONS 
JULY 17, 2017 
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 17, 2017 
The Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Natural Resources 
discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 12, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern proc-
ess to authorize the construction, connection, operation, 
and maintenance of international border-crossing facili-
ties for the import and export of oil and natural gas 
and the transmission of electricity. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Cross-Border 
Energy Infrastructure Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPROVAL FOR BORDER-CROSSING FACILITIES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF CERTAIN ENERGY INFRA-
STRUCTURE PROJECTS AT AN INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY 
OF THE UNITED STATES.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (3) and subsection (e), no person may con-
struct, connect, operate, or maintain a border-crossing 
facility for the import or export of oil or natural gas, 
or the transmission of electricity, across an inter-
national border of the United States without obtain-
ing a certificate of crossing for the border-crossing fa-
cility under this subsection. 
(2) CERTIFICATE OF CROSSING.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 120 
days after final action is taken, by the relevant 
official or agency identified under subparagraph 
(B), under the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect 
to a border-crossing facility for which a person 
requests a certificate of crossing under this sub-
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