I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 684 
To authorize the Keystone XL Pipeline. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2021 
Mr. ARMSTRONG (for himself, Mr. MCCARTHY, Mr. SCALISE, Ms. CHENEY, 
Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. UPTON, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. JOHN-
SON of South Dakota, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, 
Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. 
DUNCAN, Mr. KELLER, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. STEIL, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, 
Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. NORMAN, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. 
WOMACK, 
Mr. 
MCCAUL, 
Mr. 
JACKSON, 
Mr. 
DUNN, 
Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. MOORE of 
Utah, Mr. BABIN, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. LATTA, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. GOSAR, 
Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. CAWTHORN, 
Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. BRADY, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, 
Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. EMMER, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. JOYCE of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. BAIRD, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Mr. SESSIONS, 
Mr. BANKS, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. MANN, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. STEWART, 
Mrs. HINSON, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. HERN, Mr. 
ARRINGTON, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. CHABOT, 
Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. LONG, Mr. GALLA-
GHER, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. 
KINZINGER, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. PENCE, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. ESTES, Mr. 
ROUZER, Mr. HILL, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. HUDSON, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. 
CLINE, Mr. FERGUSON, and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania) 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 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 
A BILL 
To authorize the Keystone XL Pipeline. 
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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 ‘‘Keystone XL Pipeline 
Construction and Jobs Preservation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. KEYSTONE XL AUTHORIZATION. 
(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. 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-
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ation, or maintenance of the pipeline facilities described 
in subsection (a). 
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