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Bill113th CongressFiled Mar 15, 2013Energy
H.R. 3

Northern Route Approval Act

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Northern Route Approval Act - (Sec. 1) Declares that a presidential permit shall not be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, including the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor.

(Sec. 3) Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, coupled with such Final Evaluation Report, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and of the National Historic Preservation Act.

(Sec. 4) Grants original and exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to determine specified issues (except for review by the Supreme Court on writ of certiorari).

(Sec. 5) Deems the Secretary of the Interior to have issued a written statement setting forth the Secretary's opinion that the Keystone XL pipeline project will not jeopardize the continued existence of the American burying beetle or destroy or adversely modify American burying beetle critical habitat.

States that any taking of the American burying beetle that is incidental to the construction or operation and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline shall not be considered a prohibited taking of such species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

(Sec. 6) Deems the Secretary to have issued a grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary of the Army, within 90 days after receipt of an application, to issue certain permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 which are necessary for pipeline construction, operation, and maintenance described in the May 4, 2012, application, as supplemented by the Nebraska reroute. Deems such a permit issued on the 91st day if the Secretary has not issued them within 90 days after receipt of a permit application.

Authorizes such Secretary to waive any procedural requirement of law or regulation that the Secretary considers desirable to waive in order to accomplish the purposes of this Act.

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from prohibiting or restricting an activity or use of an area authorized under this Act.

(Sec. 8) Deems the Secretary to have issued a special purpose permit under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as described in the application filed with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Keystone XL pipeline on January 11, 2013.

(Sec. 9) Requires a pipeline owner or operator required under federal law to develop an oil spill response plan for the Keystone XL pipeline to make such plan available to the governor of each state in which the pipeline operates. Requires a plan update to be submitted to the governor within seven days after it is made.

What just happenedApr 24, 2014

Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2](R-NE)Sponsor
134 cosponsors2 D132 R
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  • Placed on Calendar SenateJun 3, 2013
  • Engrossed in HouseMay 22, 2013
  • Reported in HouseMay 17, 2013
  • Introduced in HouseMar 15, 2013
  1. Apr 24, 2014Committee

    Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.

  2. Apr 24, 2014Committee

    Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.

  3. Jun 3, 2013Calendars

    Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 81.

  4. May 23, 2013IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate, read the first time.

  5. May 22, 2013FloorH38310

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  6. May 22, 2013FloorH37100

    On passage Passed by recorded vote: 241 - 175, 1 Present (Roll no. 179).

  7. May 22, 2013Floor8000

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 241 - 175, 1 Present (Roll no. 179).

  8. May 22, 2013FloorH36110

    On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 194 - 223 (Roll no. 178).

  9. May 22, 2013FloorH8A000

    The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2893)

  10. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bishop (NY) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the House to report the same back with an amendment requiring TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to certify to the President that diluted bitumen and other materials derived from tar sands or oils sands that are transported through the Keystone XL pipeline be treated as crude oil for the purposes of determining contributions that fund the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.

  11. May 22, 2013FloorH36100

    Mr. Bishop (NY) moved to recommit with instructions to Transportation. (consideration: CR H2892-2893; text: CR H2892)

  12. May 22, 2013FloorH34400

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2875-2876)

  13. May 22, 2013FloorH35000

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H2892)

  14. May 22, 2013FloorH32600

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3.

  15. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Holt amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Holt demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

  16. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 228, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Holt amendment No. 10.

  17. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 228, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cohen amendment No. 9.

  18. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Chu amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Chu demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

  19. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 228, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Chu amendment No. 8.

  20. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson Lee amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson Lee demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

  21. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 228, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee amendment No. 7.

  22. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Esty amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Esty demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

  23. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 228, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Esty amendment No. 6.

  24. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Rahall amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Rahall demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

  25. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 228, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rahall amendment No. 5.

  26. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Connolly amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Connolly demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

  27. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 228, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Connolly amendment No. 4.

  28. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Johnson (GA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Johnson (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

  29. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 228, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Johnson(GA) amendment No. 3.

  30. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Waxman amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Waxman demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

  31. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 228, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Waxman amendment No. 2.

  32. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Weber amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Weber demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.

  33. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 228, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Weber(TX) amendment No. 1.

  34. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 90 minutes of general debate on H.R. 3.

  35. May 22, 2013FloorH32400

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Steve Womack to act as Chairman of the Committee.

  36. May 22, 2013FloorH32020

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 228 and Rule XVIII.

  37. May 22, 2013FloorH8D000

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3 with 1 hour and 30 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

  38. May 22, 2013FloorH30000

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 228. (consideration: CR H2862-2895)

  39. May 22, 2013FloorH1L220

    Rule H. Res. 228 passed House.

  40. May 21, 2013FloorH1L210

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 228 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3 with 1 hour and 30 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

  41. May 17, 2013CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 40.

  42. May 17, 2013CommitteeH12200

    Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-61, Part III.

  43. May 17, 2013Committee5000

    Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-61, Part III.

  44. May 17, 2013CommitteeH12200

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-61, Part II.

  45. May 17, 2013Committee5000

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-61, Part II.

  46. May 17, 2013CommitteeH12200

    Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-61, Part I.

  47. May 17, 2013Committee5000

    Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-61, Part I.

  48. May 16, 2013Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 24.

  49. May 16, 2013Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  50. Apr 24, 2013Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 17.

  51. Apr 24, 2013Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  52. Apr 24, 2013Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  53. Apr 24, 2013Committee

    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.

  54. Apr 17, 2013Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 18.

  55. Apr 17, 2013Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  56. Apr 16, 2013Committee

    Subcommittee Hearings Held.

  57. Mar 25, 2013Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.

  58. Mar 25, 2013Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.

  59. Mar 25, 2013Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

  60. Mar 22, 2013Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

  61. Mar 15, 2013IntroReferralH11100

    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 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  62. Mar 15, 2013IntroReferralH11100

    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 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  63. Mar 15, 2013IntroReferralH11100

    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 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  64. Mar 15, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  65. Mar 15, 2013IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Passed House amendedMay 22, 201336

Northern Route Approval Act - (Sec. 1) Declares that a presidential permit shall not be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, including the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor.

(Sec. 3) Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, coupled with such Final Evaluation Report, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and of the National Historic Preservation Act.

(Sec. 4) Grants original and exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to determine specified issues (except for review by the Supreme Court on writ of certiorari).

(Sec. 5) Deems the Secretary of the Interior to have issued a written statement setting forth the Secretary's opinion that the Keystone XL pipeline project will not jeopardize the continued existence of the American burying beetle or destroy or adversely modify American burying beetle critical habitat.

States that any taking of the American burying beetle that is incidental to the construction or operation and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline shall not be considered a prohibited taking of such species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

(Sec. 6) Deems the Secretary to have issued a grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary of the Army, within 90 days after receipt of an application, to issue certain permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 which are necessary for pipeline construction, operation, and maintenance described in the May 4, 2012, application, as supplemented by the Nebraska reroute. Deems such a permit issued on the 91st day if the Secretary has not issued them within 90 days after receipt of a permit application.

Authorizes such Secretary to waive any procedural requirement of law or regulation that the Secretary considers desirable to waive in order to accomplish the purposes of this Act.

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from prohibiting or restricting an activity or use of an area authorized under this Act.

(Sec. 8) Deems the Secretary to have issued a special purpose permit under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as described in the application filed with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Keystone XL pipeline on January 11, 2013.

(Sec. 9) Requires a pipeline owner or operator required under federal law to develop an oil spill response plan for the Keystone XL pipeline to make such plan available to the governor of each state in which the pipeline operates. Requires a plan update to be submitted to the governor within seven days after it is made.

Reported to House without amendmentMay 17, 201379

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Northern Route Approval Act - (Sec. 1) Declares that a presidential permit shall not be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, including the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor.

(Sec. 3) Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, coupled with such Final Evaluation Report, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and of the National Historic Preservation Act.

(Sec. 4) Grants original and exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to determine specified issues (except for review by the Supreme Court on writ of certiorari).

(Sec. 5) Deems the Secretary of the Interior to have issued a written statement setting forth the Secretary's opinion that the Keystone XL pipeline project will not jeopardize the continued existence of the American burying beetle or destroy or adversely modify American burying beetle critical habitat.

States that any taking of the American burying beetle that is incidental to the construction or operation and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline shall not be considered a prohibited taking of such species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

(Sec. 6) Deems the Secretary to have issued a grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

(Sec. 7) Requires the Secretary of the Army, within 90 days after receipt of an application, to issue certain permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 which are necessary for pipeline construction, operation, and maintenance described in the May 4, 2012, application, as supplemented by the Nebraska reroute. Deems such a permit issued on the 91st day if the Secretary has not issued them within 90 days after receipt of a permit application.

Authorizes such Secretary to waive any procedural requirement of law or regulation that the Secretary considers desirable to waive in order to accomplish the purposes of this Act.

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from prohibiting or restricting an activity or use of an area authorized under this Act.

(Sec. 8) Deems the Secretary to have issued a special purpose permit under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as described in the application filed with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Keystone XL pipeline on January 11, 2013.

Introduced in HouseMar 15, 2013

Northern Route Approval Act - Declares that a presidential permit shall not be required for the pipeline described in the application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to the Department of State for the Keystone XL pipeline, including the Nebraska reroute evaluated in the Final Evaluation Report issued by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in January 2013 and approved by the Nebraska governor.

Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, coupled with such Final Evaluation Report, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Grants original and exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to determine specified issues (except for review by the Supreme Court on writ of certiorari).

Deems the Secretary of the Interior to have issued a written statement setting forth the Secretary's opinion that the Keystone XL pipeline project will not jeopardize the continued existence of the American burying beetle or destroy or adversely modify American burying beetle critical habitat.

States that any taking of the American burying beetle that is incidental to the construction or operation and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline shall not be considered a prohibited taking of such species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Deems the Secretary to have issued: (1) a grant of right-of-way and temporary use permit pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and (2) a special purpose permit under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (described in a certain application filed with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Keystone XL pipeline).

Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue permits pursuant the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1899 for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline. Authorizes such Secretary to waive any procedural requirement that the Secretary considers desirable in order to accomplish the purposes of this Act.

Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from prohibiting or restricting an activity or use of an area that is authorized under this Act.

Northern Route Approval Act — Informed