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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 28 
To approve the Keystone XL pipeline project permit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. POE of Texas introduced 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 pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee 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). 
Such permit shall also include the Nebraska reroute evalu-
ated in the Final Evaluation Report issued the Nebraska 
Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013. 
(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 
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in connection with the construction, operation, and 
maintenance of the United States facilities. 
(3) For the purpose of the permit approved 
under subsection (a)— 
(A) the final environmental impact state-
ment issued by the Secretary of State on Au-
gust 26, 2011, and the Final Evaluation Report 
described in subsection (b) satisfy all require-
ments of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and sec-
tion 106 of the National 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 
and the Final Evaluation Report described in sub-
section (b) and in accordance with— 
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(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-
mental impact statement issued by the Sec-
retary of State on August 26, 2011; 
(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); and 
(C) 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). 
(d) 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 
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Act that are necessary to secure access from private prop-
erty owners to construct the Keystone XL pipeline. 
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