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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6858 
To strengthen United States energy security, encourage domestic production 
of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2022 
Mrs. RODGERS of Washington (for herself, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. MCCARTHY, 
Mr. SCALISE, Mr. UPTON, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. LATTA, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. 
MCKINLEY, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. 
LONG, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. 
CARTER of Georgia, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. PALMER, Mr. DUNN, Mr. CURTIS, 
Mrs. LESKO, Mr. PENCE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. BENTZ, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. CARL, Mr. FULCHER, 
Mr. GOSAR, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, 
Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, 
and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen United States energy security, encourage do-
mestic production of crude oil, petroleum products, and 
natural gas, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Energy Inde-
pendence from Russia Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENERGY SECURITY PLAN. 
The Natural Gas Act is amended by inserting after 
section 3A (15 U.S.C. 717b–1) the following: 
‘‘ENERGY SECURITY PLAN 
‘‘SEC. 3B. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this section, and biennially thereafter, the 
President shall transmit to Congress an energy security 
plan which shall include— 
‘‘(1) an evaluation of United States crude oil, 
petroleum product, and natural gas imports and ex-
ports; 
‘‘(2) an energy security risk assessment, by 
country of origin, of importing crude oil, petroleum 
products, and natural gas to the United States; and 
‘‘(3) strategies, including changes to Federal 
policies and regulations, to encourage increased do-
mestic production of crude oil, petroleum products, 
and natural gas in order to offset any amounts of 
crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas im-
ported to the United States from Russia.’’. 
SEC. 3. KEYSTONE XL AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—TransCanada Keystone Pipe-
line, L.P., may construct, connect, operate, and maintain 
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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. 13101). 
(b) NO PRESIDENTIAL PERMIT REQUIRED.—No 
Presidential permit (or similar permit) under Executive 
Order 13867 (3 U.S.C. 301 note; relating to the issuance 
of permits with respect to facilities and land transpor-
tation crossings at the international boundaries of the 
United States), Executive Order 12038 (42 U.S.C. 7151 
note; relating to the transfer of certain functions to the 
Secretary of Energy), Executive Order 10485 (15 U.S.C. 
717b note; relating to the performance of functions re-
specting electric power and natural gas facilities located 
on United States borders), or any other Executive order 
shall be required for the construction, connection, oper-
ation, or maintenance of the pipeline facilities described 
in subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. ADVANCING UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP. 
Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 
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