H.R. 6164: To approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border.

112th Congress · introduced 2012-07-23 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

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Where it came from: introduced 2012-07-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border.

Plain summary

Declares that no presidential permit shall be required for the pipeline application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Corporation for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border. Deems the final environmental impact statement issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Declares that this Act does not affect the ongoing work of the state of Nebraska with regard to the fully intrastate portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Official text

To approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] · 54 cosponsors

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Steve Scalise (R-LA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Andy Harris (R-MD), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sam Graves (R-MO), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr6164.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr6164 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112