S 3607
112th Congress
Senate
Energy
Canada
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
Nebraska
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
South Dakota
A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Introduced: September 20, 2012
Introduced by:
Hoeven, John
Republican
· North Dakota
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 21, 2012
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.
Sep 20, 2012
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Sep 20, 2012
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Declares that no presidential permit shall be required for a specified pipeline application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border.
Considers the final environmental impact statement regarding such pipeline issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
States that nothing in this Act affects the ongoing work of the state of Nebraska with regard to the fully intrastate portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.
What's happening now
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.
Cosponsors
1