,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgjc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aa1       
#bjac,mr4 ,kingston introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committees on ,foreign ,affairs1       
,energy and ,commerce1 and ,natural     
,resources1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the expedited
 approval of the construction1          
operation1 and maintenance of the       
,keystone ,,xl pipeline1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,approve the        
,pipeline ,now ,act4  #b4 ,keystone ,,xl
 pipeline and environmental impact      
statement approval  7a7 ,requirement    
,not later than #cj days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the          

,secretary of ,state shall-- 7#a7 issue 
a ,presidential permit approving the    
pipeline described in the application   
filed on ,may #d1 #bjab1 by             
,trans,canada ,keystone ,pipeline1      
,l4,p4 to the ,department of ,state for 
the ,keystone ,,xl pipeline1 as         
supplemented to include the ,nebraska   
reroute evaluated in the ,final         
,evaluation ,report issued by the       
,nebraska ,department of ,environmental 
,quality in ,january #bjac and approved 
by the ,nebraska governor2 and  7#b7    
issue a final environmental impact      
statement for such pipeline4  7b7       
,satisfaction of requirements ,the final
 environmental impact statement         
described in subsection 7a77#b71 coupled
 with the ,final ,evaluation ,report    
described in subsection 7a77#a71 shall  
be considered to satisfy all            
requirements of the ,national           
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq471 of the   
,national ,historic ,preservation ,act  

7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #dgj et seq471 and of    
section #g of the ,endangered ,species  
,act of #aigc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #aecf74    
7c7 ,consequence of failure ,to comply  
7#a7 ,general rule ,if either the       
,presidential permit described in       
subsection 7a77#a7 or the environmental 
impact statement described in subsection
 7a77#b7 remains unissued upon the      
expiration of #cj days after the date of
 enactment of this ,act1 until such     
permit and environmental impact         
statement are both issued no ,federal   
funds may be expended to pay more than  
#ge percent of the salary of any senior 
official in the ,department of ,state4  
7#b7 ,definition ,in this subsection1   
the term senior official in the         
,department of ,state means the         
,secretary of ,state and any ,deputy    
,secretary or ,under ,secretary at the  
,department of ,state4  #c4 ,associated 
permits  7a7 ,requirement ,not later    
than #cj days after the date of         
enactment of this ,act-- 7#a7 the       

,secretary of the ,interior shall issue 
all permits associated with the pipeline
 project described in section #b7;a7    
that were applied for before the date of
 enactment of this ,act1 including a    
grant of right-of-way and temporary use 
permit under section #bh of the ,mineral
 ,leasing ,act 7#cj ,u4,s4,c4 #ahe7 and 
the ,federal ,land ,policy and          
,management ,act of #aigf 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4
 #agja et seq47 and any permit required 
under the ,migratory ,bird ,treaty ,act 
7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #gjc et seq472 and  7#b7 
the ,secretary of the ,army shall issue 
all permits associated with such        
pipeline project that were applied for  
before the date of enactment of this    
,act under section #djd of the ,federal 
,water ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acdd74  7b7 ,consequence of  
failure ,to comply  7#a7 ,general rule  
,if any permit described in subsection  
7a7 remains unissued upon the expiration
 of #cj days after the date of enactment
 of this ,act1 until all such permits   

are issued no ,federal funds may be     
expended to pay more than #ge percent of
 the salary of-- 7,a7 in the case of a  
permit described in subsection 7a77#a71 
any senior official in the ,department  
of the ,interior2 and  7,b7 in the case 
of a permit described in subsection     
7a77#b71 the ,secretary of the ,army and
 the ,assistant ,secretary of the ,army 
for ,civil ,works4  7#b7 ,definition ,in
 this subsection1 the term senior       
official in the ,department of the      
,interior means the ,secretary of the   
,interior and any ,deputy ,secretary or 
,under ,secretary at the ,department of 
the ,interior4