,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,weber of ,texas 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,smith of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,hall1 ,mr4      
,neugebauer1 ,mr4 ,sensenbrenner1 ,mr4  
,stockman1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4           
,schweikert1 and ,mr4 ,stewart7         
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that     
extensive scientific and technical      
studies and analyses by the ,department 
of ,state and other ,federal agencies   
have affirmed that the proposed         
,keystone ,,xl pipeline is an           
environmentally sound project4  ,whereas
 safe and responsible production1       
transportation1 and use of oil and      
petroleum products provide the          
foundation of ,america's energy economy1
 helping to secure and advance our      
economic prosperity1 national security1 

and overall quality of life2 ,whereas   
,department of ,state assessments found 
that the ,keystone ,,xl pipeline is not 
likely to impact the amount of crude oil
 produced from the oil sands and that   
approval or denial of the proposed      
,project is unlikely to have a          
substantial impact on the rate of       
development in the oil sands2 ,whereas  
the ,department of ,state found that the
 incremental life-cycle greenhouse gas  
emissions associated with the ,keystone 
,,xl project are estimated in the range 
of #j4jg to #j4hc million metric tons of
 carbon dioxide equivalents1 with the   
upper end of this range representing    
twelve one-thousandths of one percent of
 the #f1gjb million metric tons of      
carbon dioxide emitted in the ,united   
,states in #bjaa2 ,whereas after        
extensive evaluation of potential       
impacts to land and water resources     
along the ,keystone ,,xl pipeline's #hge
 mile proposed route1 the ,department of
 ,state found that ,the analyses of     

potential impacts associated with       
construction and normal operation of the
 proposed ,project suggest that there   
would be no significant impacts to most 
resources along the proposed ,project   
route 7assuming ,keystone complies with 
all laws and required conditions and    
measures742 ,whereas transportation of  
oil via pipeline has a record of        
unmatched safety and environmental      
protection1 and the ,department of      
,state found that ,spills associated    
with the proposed ,project that enter   
the environment are expected to be rare 
and relatively small1 and that there is 
no evidence of increased corrosion or   
other pipeline threat due to viscosity  
of diluted bitumen oil that will be     
transported by the ,keystone ,,xl       
pipeline2 and ,whereas plans to         
incorporate #eg project-specific special
 conditions related to the design1      
construction1 and operations of the     
,keystone ,,xl pipeline led the         
,department of ,state to find that the  

pipeline will have a degree of safety   
over any other typically constructed    
domestic oil pipeline3 ,now1 therefore1 
be it  ,that it is the sense of the     
,house of ,representatives that the     
,federal ,government's exhaustive       
scientific and technical analysis of the
 potential environmental impacts of the 
,keystone ,,xl pipeline have repeatedly 
affirmed the environmental soundness and
 safety of the proposed project4