HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ACTIONS 05/22/2013

DAILY FLOOR WRAP UP

May 22, 2013

Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 228 — "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes." – ADOPTED 223 - 194

H. Res. 228 — "Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes." -  PASSED 228 - 185

Cohen (D-TN) - Amendment No. 9 - Requires TransCanada to submit its oil spill response plan, and any updates to the plan, to the Governors of each State in which the Keystone XL pipeline operates. – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Weber (R-TX) - Amendment No. 1 - Adds to Section 2 of the bill the State Department’s findings that the Keystone XL pipeline is a safe and environmentally sound project. -  ADOPTED 246 - 168

Waxman (D-CA) - Amendment No. 2 - Adds a finding that “the reliance on oil sands crudes for transportation fuels would likely result in an increase in incremental greenhouse gas emissions” and provides that the bill will not go into effect unless the President finds that TransCanada or tar sands producers will fully offset the additional greenhouse gas emissions. – REJECTED 146 – 269

Johnson (D-GA) - Amendment No. 3 - Requires a study on the health impacts of increased air pollution in communities surrounding the refineries that will transport diluted bitumen through the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. – REJECTED 177 – 239

Connolly (D-VA) - Amendment No. 4 - Delays approval of the Keystone XL project contingent on the completion of a threat assessment of pipeline vulnerabilities to terrorist attack and corrective actions necessary to protect the pipeline from such an attack and to mitigate any resulting spill. – REJECTED 176 – 239

Rahall (D-WV) and DeFazio (D-OR) - Amendment No. 5 - Strikes section 3 of the bill eliminating the Keystone XL permit approval, allowing the President to continue to delay issuing a permit for the pipeline. – REJECTED 177 – 238

Esty (D-CT) - Amendment No. 6 - Strikes language in the bill that allows TransCanada to obtain certain permits for operation and/or maintenance of the pipeline, but continues to allow construction permits to be expedited. – REJECTED 182 - 234

Jackson Lee (D-TX) - Amendment No. 7 - Extends the time period for filing a claim under the Act from 60 days to 1 year. –REJECTED 182 - 234

Chu (D-CA), Polis (D-CO) and Connolly (D-VA) - Amendment No. 8 - Requires a GAO study of the Keystone XL project regarding the costs of cleanup activities from a pipeline spill and the potential impacts on health, environment, and water. – REJECTED 185 - 231

Holt (D-NJ) - Amendment No. 10 - Prohibits the export of any oil, or all refined petroleum products derived from the oil, transported by the Keystone XL pipeline unless the President finds that there is an exception required by law or it is in the national interest. –REJECTED 162 – 255

Democrat Motion to Recommit – FAILED 194 - 223

Final Passage of H.R. 3 — "To approve the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for other purposes." – PASSED 241 – 175