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Calendar No. 446
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2554
[Report No. 113–200]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 26, 2014Ms. Landrieu, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
A BILL
To approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act.
2.
Keystone XL approval
(a)
In
general
TransCanada Keystone
Pipeline, L.P. may construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline
and cross-border facilities described in the application filed on May 4,
2012, by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State (including any
subsequent revision to the pipeline route within the State of Nebraska
required or authorized by the State of Nebraska).
(b)
Environmental
impact statement
The Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement issued
by the Secretary of State in January 2014,
regarding the pipeline referred to in subsection (a), and the
environmental analysis, consultation, and review described in that
document (including appendices) shall be considered
to
fully satisfy—
(1) all requirements
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
and
(2) any other
provision of law that requires Federal agency consultation or review
(including the consultation or review required under section 7(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a))) with
respect to the pipeline and facilities referred to in subsection (a).
(c)
Permits
Any
Federal permit or authorization issued before the date of enactment of
this Act
for the pipeline and cross-border facilities referred to in subsection (a)
shall remain in effect.
(d)
Judicial review
Except for review in the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit shall have original and exclusive
jurisdiction over any civil action for the review of an order or action of
a Federal agency regarding the pipeline and cross-border facilities
described in subsection (a), and the related facilities in the United
States, that are approved by this Act (including any order granting a
permit or right-of-way, or any other agency action taken to construct or
complete the project pursuant to Federal law).
(e)
Private property savings clause
Nothing in this Act alters any Federal, State, or local process or condition in effect on the date
of enactment of this Act that is necessary to secure access from an owner
of private property to construct the pipeline and cross-border facilities
described in subsection (a).
June 26, 2014Read twice and placed on the calendar