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S. 2314: Removing Repeated Executive Delays to Transboundary Approvals of Pipelines and Engineering Act

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S. 2314: Removing Repeated Executive Delays to Transboundary Approvals of Pipelines and Engineering Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-05-08 · Energy · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-05-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Removing Repeated Executive Delays to Transboundary Approvals of Pipelines and Engineering Act

Plain summary

Removing Repeated Executive Delays to Transboundary Approvals of Pipelines and Engineering Act - Designates and empowers the Secretary of State to receive all applications (except those received by the Secretary of Energy [DOE] under current law) for permits for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance, at the U.S. borders, of facilities for the exportation or importation to or from a foreign country of petroleum, petroleum products, coal, other fuels, certain products, water or sewage, as well as persons or things. Prescribes requirements and procedures for granting a permit. Authorizes TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline and cross-border facilities specified in an application filed by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State on May 4, 2012. Deems the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement regarding the pipeline issued by the Secretary of State in January 2014 to fully satisfy the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and any law that requires federal agency consultation or review, including the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Restricts any legal challenges regarding a federal agency action and such facilities to judicial review on direct appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to review any Executive order issued by the President that is not based on the President's exclusive constitutional authority.

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Official text

Removing Repeated Executive Delays to Transboundary Approvals of Pipelines and Engineering Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Walsh, John E. [D-MT] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-s2314 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113