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Defending Keystone Jobs Act

Introduced: June 9, 2021 Introduced by: Risch, James E. Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Jun 9, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 9, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of Labor to estimate and report to Congress the number of jobs projected to be lost as a result of a specified section of the executive order titled Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis, which revoked the March 2019 permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

What's happening now June 9, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Jun 9, 2021
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jun 9, 2021
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Jun 9, 2021
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jun 9, 2021
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Jun 9, 2021
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Jun 9, 2021
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Hoeven, John
North Dakota · Jun 9, 2021
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jun 9, 2021
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Marshall, Roger
Kansas · Jun 9, 2021
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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jun 9, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1983: Defending Keystone Jobs Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1983/
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