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S. 3607 112th Congress Senate

A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Introduced: September 20, 2012 Introduced by: John Hoeven Republican · North Dakota See on congress.gov
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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
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 Latest action September 21, 2012

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3445 Domestic Energy and Jobs Act
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 Cosponsors 2
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Sep 20, 2012
Vitter, David
· Sep 20, 2012
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