,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ba  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,july #ca1 #bjac ,ms4 ,landrieu 7for    
herself1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,pryor1 ,mr4
 ,donnelly1 ,mr4 ,begich1 ,ms4          
,heitkamp1 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,mr4 ,risch1    
,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,johanns1 and ,mr4   
,barrasso7 submitted the following      
concurrent resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,natural ,resources  ,,concurrent   
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
,congress that construction of the      
,keystone ,,xl pipeline and the ,federal
 approvals required for the construction
 of the ,keystone ,,xl pipeline are in  
the national interest of the ,united    
,states4  ,whereas safe and responsible 
production1 transportation1 and use of  
oil and petroleum products provide the  
foundation of the energy economy of the 
,united ,states1 helping to secure and  
advance the economic prosperity1        
national security1 and overall quality  

of life in the ,united ,states2 ,whereas
 the ,keystone ,,xl pipeline would      
provide short- and long-term employment 
opportunities and related labor income  
benefits1 such as government revenues   
associated with taxes2 ,whereas the     
,state of ,nebraska has thoroughly      
reviewed and approved the proposed      
,keystone ,,xl pipeline reroute1        
concluding that the concerns of         
,nebraskans have had a major influence  
on the pipeline reroute and that the    
reroute will have minimal environmental 
impacts2 ,whereas the ,department of    
,state and other ,federal agencies have 
conducted extensive studies and analysis
 over a long period of time on the      
technical1 environmental1 social1 and   
economic impact of the proposed         
,keystone ,,xl pipeline2 ,whereas       
assessments by the ,department of ,state
 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    
#ab_/a1jjj of #a percent of the         
#f1gjb1jjj1jjj metric tons of carbon    
dioxide emitted in the ,united ,states  
in #bjaa2 ,whereas after extensive      
evaluation of potential impact to land  
and water resources along the #hge-mile 
proposed route of the ,keystone ,,xl    
pipeline1 the ,department of ,state     
found1 ,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 the ,department of 
,state found that spills associated with
 the proposed ,project that enter the   
environment are expected to be rare and 
relatively small 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 ,whereas1 the ,national       
,research ,council convened a special   
expert panel to review the risk of      
transporting diluted bitumen by pipeline
 and issued a report in ,june #bjac to  
the ,department of ,transportation in   
which the ,national ,research ,council  
found that existing literature indicates
 that transportation of diluted bitumen 
poses no increased risk of pipeline     
failure2 ,whereas plans to incorporate  
#eg project-specific special conditions 
relating 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      
pipeline2 and ,whereas1 the ,department 
of ,state found that oil destined to be 
shipped through the pipeline from the   
oil sands region of ,canada and oil     
shale deposits in the ,united ,states   
would otherwise move by other modes of  
transportation if the ,keystone ,,xl    
pipeline is not built3 ,now1 therefore1 
be it  ,that it is the sense of         
,congress that--  7#a7 construction of  
the ,keystone ,,xl pipeline will promote
 sound investment in the infrastructure 
of the ,united ,states2  7#b7           
construction of the ,keystone ,,xl      
pipeline will promote energy security in
 ,north ,america and will generate an   
increase in private sector jobs that    
will benefit both the region surrounding
 the ,keystone ,,xl pipeline and the    
,united ,states as a whole2 and  7#c7   
completion of the ,keystone ,,xl        
pipeline is in the national interest of 

the ,united ,states4