I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3811 
To approve the Keystone XL pipeline project permit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2012 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. BOREN, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. CUL-
BERSON, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. OLSON, Mr. BOUSTANY, 
Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. ROHRABACHER) in-
troduced 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 subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To approve the Keystone XL pipeline project permit. 
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 ‘‘Keystone For a Secure 
Tomorrow Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDING. 
The Congress finds that the delivery of oil from Al-
berta, Canada, to domestic markets in the United States 
is in the national interest of the United States, and the 
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earliest possible completion of the Keystone XL pipeline 
will best serve the national interest. 
SEC. 3. KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE PERMIT APPROVAL. 
(a) PERMIT APPROVAL.—The permit described in 
subsection (b) is hereby approved. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PERMIT.—The permit approved 
under subsection (a) is the permit with respect to certain 
energy-related facilities and land transportation crossings 
on the international boundaries of the United States for 
the Keystone XL pipeline project, an application for which 
was filed on September 19, 2008 (including amendments). 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The permit granted under sub-
section (a) shall require the following: 
(1) The permittee shall comply with all applica-
ble Federal and State laws (including regulations) 
and all applicable industrial codes regarding the con-
struction, connection, operation, and maintenance of 
the United States facilities. 
(2) The permittee shall take all appropriate 
measures to prevent or mitigate any adverse envi-
ronmental impact or disruption of historic properties 
in connection with the construction, operation, and 
maintenance of the United States facilities. 
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(3) For the purpose of the permit approved 
under subsection (a) (regardless of any modifications 
under subsection (d))— 
(A) the final environmental impact state-
ment issued by the Secretary of State on Au-
gust 26, 2011, satisfies all requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and section 106 of the Na-
tional Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470f); 
(B) any modification required by the Sec-
retary of State to the Plan described in para-
graph (4)(A) shall not require supplementation 
of the final environmental impact statement de-
scribed in that paragraph; and 
(C) no further Federal environmental re-
view shall be required. 
(4) The construction, operation, and mainte-
nance of the facilities shall be in all material re-
spects similar to that described in the application 
described in subsection (b) and in accordance with— 
(A) the construction, mitigation, and rec-
lamation measures agreed to by the permittee 
in the Construction Mitigation and Reclamation 
Plan found in appendix B of the final environ-
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mental impact statement issued by the Sec-
retary of State on August 26, 2011, subject to 
the modification described in subsection (d); 
(B) the special conditions agreed to be-
tween the permittee and the Administrator of 
the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Ad-
ministration of the Department of Transpor-
tation found in appendix U of the final environ-
mental impact statement described in subpara-
graph (A); 
(C) if the modified route submitted by the 
Governor 
of 
Nebraska 
under 
subsection 
(d)(3)(B) crosses the Sand Hills region, the 
measures agreed to by the permittee for the 
Sand Hills region found in appendix H of the 
final environmental impact statement described 
in subparagraph (A); and 
(D) the stipulations identified in appendix 
S of the final environmental impact statement 
described in subparagraph (A). 
(5) Other requirements that are standard in-
dustry practice or commonly included in Federal 
permits that are similar to a permit approved under 
subsection (a). 
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(d) MODIFICATION.—The permit approved under 
subsection (a) shall require— 
(1) the reconsideration of routing of the Key-
stone XL pipeline within the State of Nebraska; 
(2) a review period during which routing within 
the State of Nebraska may be reconsidered and the 
route of the Keystone XL pipeline through the State 
altered with any accompanying modification to the 
Plan described in subsection (c)(4)(A); and 
(3) the President— 
(A) to coordinate review with the State of 
Nebraska and provide any necessary data and 
reasonable technical assistance material to the 
review process required under this subsection; 
and 
(B) to approve the route within the State 
of Nebraska that has been submitted to the 
Secretary of State by the Governor of Ne-
braska. 
(e) EFFECT OF NO APPROVAL.—If the President 
does not approve the route within the State of Nebraska 
submitted by the Governor of Nebraska under subsection 
(d)(3)(B) not later than 10 days after the date of submis-
sion, the route submitted by the Governor of Nebraska 
under subsection (d)(3)(B) shall be considered approved, 
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pursuant to the terms of the permit approved under sub-
section (a) that meets the requirements of subsection (c) 
and this subsection, by operation of law. 
(f) PRIVATE PROPERTY SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing 
in this section alters the Federal, State, or local processes 
or conditions in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act that are necessary to secure access from private prop-
erty owners to construct the Keystone XL pipeline. 
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