(1) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the President pro tempore of the Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed 
Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources, and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—TransCanada Keystone Pipe-
line, L.P. may construct, connect, operate, and maintain 
the pipeline facilities at the international border of the 
United States and Canada at Phillips County, Montana, 
for the import of oil from Canada to the United States 
described in the Presidential Permit of March 29, 2019 
(84 Fed. Reg. 1310). 
(b) PRESIDENTIAL PERMITS.—No Presidential per-
mit or any other Executive order shall be required for the 
construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the 
pipeline facilities described in subsection (a). 
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SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON MORATORIA OF NEW ENERGY 
LEASES ON FEDERAL LAND AND WATERS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CRITICAL
MINERAL.—The term ‘‘critical 
mineral’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 
1601(a)). 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal 
land’’ means— 
(i) National Forest System land; 
(ii) public lands (as defined in section 
103 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)); 
(iii) the outer Continental Shelf in 
section 2 of the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331); and 
(iv) land managed by the Secretary of 
Energy. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Federal 
land’’ includes land described in clauses (i) 
through (iv) in subparagraph (A) for which the 
rights to the surface estate or subsurface estate 
are owned by a non-Federal entity. 
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(3) PRESIDENT.—The term ‘‘President’’ means 
the President or any designee of the President, in-
cluding— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture; 
(B) the Secretary of Energy; and 
(C) the Secretary. 
(b) PROHIBITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the President may officially not 
carry out any action that would prohibit or substan-
tially delay the issuance of any of the following on 
Federal land, unless such an action has been author-
ized by an Act of Congress: 
(A) New oil and gas leases, drill permits, 
approvals, or authorizations. 
(B) New coal leases, permits, approvals, or 
authorizations. 
(C) New hardrock leases, permits, approv-
als, or authorizations. 
(D) New critical minerals leases, permits, 
approvals, or authorizations. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON WITHDRAWAL.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the President 
may not withdraw any Federal land from forms of 
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public 
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